47 I said, “She can’t, but must do it each in their own time.” (WEB) 48 Then said he to me, “Even so, I have given the womb of the earth to those who are sown in it in their own times. (WEB) 49 For just as a young child may not give birth, neither she who has grown old any more, even so have I organized the world which I created.” (WEB)
2 Esdras 5:47–49
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2 Esdras 8:39–41
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