3 “I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth as a mist. (WEB) 4 I lived in high places, and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud. (WEB) 5 Alone I surrounded the circuit of heaven, and walked in the depth of the abyss. (WEB) 6 In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I obtained a possession. (WEB) 7 With all these I sought rest. In whose inheritance shall I lodge? (WEB) 8 Then the Creator of all things gave me a command. He who created me made my tent to rest, and said, ‘Let your dwelling be in Jacob, and your inheritance in Israel.’ (WEB) 9 He created me from the beginning, before the ages. For all ages, I will not cease to exist. (WEB)
Sirach 24:3–9
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Proverbs 8:26–28
26 before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth. 27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, 28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Proverbs 8:22–24
22 The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. 23 From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. 24 When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Odes of Solomon 21:4–6
4 And increasingly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His fellowship in incorruption: (ODE) 5 And I was lifted up in His light; and I served before Him, (ODE) 6 And I became near to Him, praising and confessing Him; (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 41:8–10
8 All those will be astonished that see me. For from another race am I: (ODE) 9 For the Father of truth remembered me: He who possessed me from the beginning: (ODE) 10 For His bounty begat me, and the thought of His heart: (ODE)
2 Enoch 28:3–4
3 And I said to the sea: 'Behold I give thee thy eternal limits, and thou shalt not break loose from thy component parts.' (2EN) 4 Thus I made fast the firmament. This day I called me the first-created. (2EN)
2 Enoch 24:3–5
3 Hear, Enoch, and take in these my words, for not to My angels have I told my secret, and I have not told them their rise, nor my endless realm, nor have they understood my creating, which I tell thee to-day. (2EN) 4 For before all things were visible, I alone used to… (2EN) 5 … (2EN)
Odes of Solomon 36:2–4
2 And made me stand on my feet in the height of the Lord, before His perfection and His glory, while I was praising Him by the composition of His songs. (ODE) 3 The Spirit brought me forth before the face of the Lord: and, although a son of man, I was named the Illumina… (ODE)
Book of Enoch 39:7–9
7 And I saw his dwelling-place under the wings of the Lord of Spirits. And all the righteous and elect before Him shall be †strong† as fiery lights, And their mouth shall be full of blessing, And their lips extol the name of the Lord of Spirits, And righteousne… (ENO)
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