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To Leviathan, however, you gave the watery seventh part. You kept them to be eaten by whomever you wish, and whenever you wish.
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“On the sixth day you commanded the earth that it create before you cattle, beasts, and reptiles,
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and over these you set Adam, the leader over all the things you had made. From him we all, the people you have chosen, have been brought forth.
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"I have said all these things before you, Lord, because you have said that you created the oldest age for our sake.
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You have said that the other nations born of Adam are nothing, that they are like spit, and you have compared their abundance to a drop from a pitcher.