Sirach 15:14
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He created humanity at the beginning, and he left them to the power of their choices.
God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
When, in the beginning, the Lord created human beings, he left them free to do as they wished.
God in the beginning created human beings and made them subject to their own free choice.
In the beginning, when God created man, he left him free to make his own decisions.
It was he who created humankind in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own free choice.
It was he who created humankind in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own free choice.
It was he who created humankind in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own free choice.
It was he who created humans in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own inclinations.
It was he who created man in the beginning, and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
It was he who created man in the beginning, and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
At the beginning God made man, and left him (or let him go) in the hand of his counsel. [God from the beginning ordained man, and left him in the hand of his counsel.]
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