2 Esdras 5:45-47
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45 And I said, “How hast thou said to thy servant that thou[a] wilt certainly give life at one time to thy creation? If therefore all creatures will live at one time[b] and the creation will sustain them, it might even now be able to support all of them present at one time.”
46 He said to me, “Ask a woman’s womb, and say to it, ‘If you bear ten[c] children, why one after another?’ Request it therefore to produce ten at one time.”
47 I said, “Of course it cannot, but only each in its own time.”
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- 2 Esdras 5:45 Syr Ethiop Arab 1: Latin text is uncertain
- 2 Esdras 5:45 Latin omits If . . . one time
- 2 Esdras 5:46 Syr Ethiop Arab 2 Arm: Latin text is corrupt
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