1 And the Lord answered and said unto me: 'With the Most High account is not taken of much time (2BA) 2 nor of a few years. For what did it profit Adam that he lived nine hundred and thirty years, (2BA)
2 Baruch 17:1–2
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2 Baruch 16:1
1 And I answered and said: 'O LORD, my Lord, lo! the years of this time are few and evil, and who is able in his little time to acquire that which is measureless?' (2BA)
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2 Baruch 48:12–14
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2 Baruch 19:1–3
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Psalms of Solomon 17:1–3
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