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2 Esdras 6:53-55
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 6:53-55
Revised Standard Version
53 “On the sixth day thou didst command the earth to bring forth before thee cattle, beasts, and creeping things; 54 and over these thou didst place Adam, as ruler over all the works which thou hadst made; and from him we have all come, the people whom thou hast chosen.
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55 “All this I have spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou hast said that it was for us that thou didst create this world.[a]
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- 2 Esdras 6:55 Syr Ethiop Arab 2: Lat the first-born world Compare Arab 1 first world
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