2 Esdras 6:38-40

Revised Standard Version

God’s Work in Creation

³⁸ I said, “O Lord, thou didst speak at the beginning of creation, and didst say on the first day, ‘Let heaven and earth be made,’ and thy word accomplished the work. ³⁹ And then the Spirit was hovering, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of man’s voice was not yet there.^{[a] 40} Then thou didst command that a ray of light be brought forth from thy treasuries, so that thy works might then appear.