17 my Lord. When of old there was no world with its inhabitants, Thou didst devise and speak (2BA) 18 with a word, and forthwith the works of creation stood before Thee. And Thou didst say that Thou wouldst make for Thy world man as the administrator of Thy works, that it might be known that he was by no means made on account of the world, but the world on account of him. (2BA)
2 Baruch 14:17–18
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