2 Esdras 6:38-40

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

God’s Work in Creation

³⁸ I said, ‘O Lord, you spoke at the beginning of creation, and said on the first day, “Let heaven and earth be made”, and your word accomplished the work. ³⁹ Then the spirit was blowing, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of human voices was not yet there.^{[a] 40} Then you commanded a ray of light to be brought out from your store-chambers, so that your works could be seen.