2 Esdras 6:38-40

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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.^{(A) 39} Then the spirit was blowing, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of human voices was not yet there.^{[a](B) 40} Then you commanded a ray of light to be brought out from your storehouses, so that your works could be seen.^(C)