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) 10 In the holy tabernacle, I ministered before him. So I was established in Zion. (WEB)
Sirach 24:8–10
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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.
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,
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)
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 11:4–6
4 From the beginning and even to the end I acquired His knowledge: (ODE) 5 And I was established upon the rock of truth, where He had set me up: (ODE) 6 And speaking waters touched my lips from the fountain of the Lord plenteously: (ODE)
Odes of Solomon 38:16–18
16 And I was established and lived and was redeemed, (ODE) 17 And my foundations were laid on the hand of the Lord: because He established me. (ODE) 18 For He set the root and watered it and fixed it and blessed it; and its fruits are for ever. (ODE)
Psalms 90:1–3
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations. 2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. 3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return,…
2 Esdras 9:17–19
17 He answered me, “Just as the field is, so also the seed. As the flowers are, so are the colors. As the work is, so also is the judgment on it. As is the farmer, so also is his threshing floor. For there was a time in the world (WEB) 18 when I was preparing for those wh… (WEB)
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