2 Esdras 6:41-43

Revised Standard Version

⁴¹ “Again, on the second day, thou didst create the spirit of the firmament, and didst command him to divide and separate the waters, that one part might move upward and the other part remain beneath.

⁴² “On the third day thou didst command the waters to be gathered together in the seventh part of the earth; six parts thou didst dry up and keep so that some of them might be planted and cultivated and be of service before thee. ⁴³ For thy word went forth, and at once the work was done.