2 Esdras 6:53

53 "Upon the sixth day Thou gavest commandment unto the earth that before Thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things,

2 Esdras 6:53 In-Context

51 Unto Behemoth Thou gavest one part which was dried up the third day, that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills.

52 But unto Leviathan Thou gavest the seventh part, namely, the moist, and hast kept him to be devoured by whom Thou wilt, and when.

53 "Upon the sixth day Thou gavest commandment unto the earth that before Thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things,

54 and after these, Adam also, whom Thou madest lord of all Thy creatures. From him come we all, and the people also whom Thou hast chosen.

55 "All this have I spoken before Thee, O Lord, because Thou madest the world for our sakes.