2 Esdras 8:6

6 Lord above us—if you will permit your servants to pray before you—give us seed for the heart and cultivation for the understanding that there may be fruit from which every mortal who bears the form of a human being may live.

2 Esdras 8:6 In-Context

4 I replied: "Therefore, take delight in understanding, my soul, and drink your fill of knowledge.

5 You came into the world unwillingly, and against your will you depart, and you are given but a little while to live.

6 Lord above us—if you will permit your servants to pray before you—give us seed for the heart and cultivation for the understanding that there may be fruit from which every mortal who bears the form of a human being may live.

7 You alone exist, and we are your handiwork, as you have said.

8 Because you give life to the body that is now fashioned in the womb and give it members, your creation is preserved in fire and water. For nine months the womb you have fashioned endures what is created in it.