1 And I besought the Mighty One, and said: Thou alone, O Lord, knowest of aforetime the deep things of the world, And the things which befall in their times Thou bringest about by Thy word, And against the works of the inhabitants of the earth Thou dost hasten the beginnings of the times, And the end of the seasons Thou alone knowest. (2BA)
2 Baruch 54:1
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2 Esdras 8:62–63
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2 Esdras 3:3–5
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