2 Esdras 7:135-137

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^65 135 and bountiful, because he would rather give than take away;^{[a] 66 136} and abundant in compassion, because he makes his compassions abound more and more to those now living and to those who are gone and to those yet to come, ^67 137 for if he did not make them abound, the world with those who inhabit it would not have life;