2 Esdras 6:40-42

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Then you commanded that a ray of light be brought forth from your treasuries so that your works might be seen.

⁴¹ “Then on the second day you created the spirit of the firmament and commanded that it divide and make a division between the waters so that a certain part might recede upward and another part remain below.

⁴² “On the third day you commanded the waters to be gathered together in a seventh part of the earth, but you made six parts dry and preserved them so that some of these might be sown and cultivated, to be of service before you.