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"On the fifth day you commanded the seventh part, where the water had been gathered together, to bring forth living creatures, birds, and fishes; and so it was done.
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The dumb and lifeless water produced living creatures, as it was commanded, so that therefore the nations might declare your wondrous works.
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"Then you kept in existence two living creatures; the one you called Behemoth and the name of the other Leviathan.
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And you separated one from the other, for the seventh part where the water had been gathered together could not hold them both.
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And you gave Behemoth one of the parts that had been dried up on the third day, to live in it, where there are a thousand mountains;
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but to Leviathan you gave the seventh part, the watery part; and you have kept them to be eaten by whom you wish, and when you wish.
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"On the sixth day you commanded the earth to bring forth before you cattle, wild animals, and creeping things;
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and over these you placed Adam, as ruler over all the works that you had made; and from him we have all come, the people whom you have chosen.
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"All this I have spoken before you, O Lord, because you have said that it was for us that you created this world.
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As for the other nations that have descended from Adam, you have said that they are nothing, and that they are like spittle, and you have compared their abundance to a drop from a bucket.
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And now, O Lord, these nations, which are reputed to be as nothing, domineer over us and devour us.