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2 Esdras 6:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Esdras 6:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 He said to me, “At the beginning of the circle of the earth, before[a] the portals of the world were in place, and before the assembled winds blew,(A) 2 and before the rumblings of thunder sounded, and before the flashes of lightning shone, and before the foundations of paradise were laid, 3 and before the beautiful flowers were seen, and before the powers of movements[b] were established, and before the innumerable hosts of angels were gathered together,(B)
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- 6.1 Meaning of Lat uncertain: Compare Syr The beginning is by the hand of humankind, but the end is by my own hands. For as before the land of the world existed there, and before; Ethiop: At first by the Son of Man, and afterwards I myself. For before the earth and the lands were created, and before
- 6.3 Or earthquakes
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