39 Then the spirit was hovering, and darkness and silence were on every side. The sound of man’s voice was not yet there. (WEB) 40 Then you commanded a ray of light to be brought out of your treasuries, that your works might then appear. (WEB) 41 “On the second day, again you made the spirit of the firmament and commanded it to divide and to separate the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath. (WEB)
2 Esdras 6:39–41
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