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47 “On the fifth day thou didst command the seventh part, where the water had been gathered together, to bring forth living creatures, birds, and fishes; and so it was done. 48 The dumb and lifeless water produced living creatures, as it was commanded,[a] that therefore the nations might declare thy wondrous works.

49 “Then thou didst keep in existence two living creatures;[b] the name of one thou didst call Be′hemoth and the name of the other Levi′athan.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Esdras 6:48 The text of this verse is uncertain
  2. 2 Esdras 6:49 Syr Ethiop: Lat two souls

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