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2 Esdras 6:53-55
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Esdras 6:53-55
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
53 ‘On the sixth day you commanded the earth to bring forth before you cattle, wild animals, and creeping things; 54 and over these you placed Adam, as ruler over all the works that you had made; and from him we have all come, the people whom you have chosen.
Why Do God’s People Suffer?
55 ‘All this I have spoken before you, O Lord, because you have said that it was for us that you created this world.[a]
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- 2 Esdras 6:55 Syr Ethiop Arab 2: Lat the firstborn world Compare Arab 1 first world
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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