2 Esdras 3:7

7 You gave him just one commandment, but he disobeyed it, and you immediately made him and his descendants subject to death. ¹ "From Adam were born more nations, tribes, clans, and families than can be counted.

2 Esdras 3:7 In-Context

5 produced the lifeless body of Adam. Then with your hands you shaped it, you breathed into it the breath of life, and he began to live.

6 You brought him into the Garden of Eden, which you yourself had planted before the earth was made.

7 You gave him just one commandment, but he disobeyed it, and you immediately made him and his descendants subject to death. "From Adam were born more nations, tribes, clans, and families than can be counted.

8 All the nations did whatever they wished; they sinned against you and rejected your commands. But you did nothing to stop them.

9 Then again, after a while, you brought on the flood and destroyed the world's population.

Cross References

• 1. 3.7Wisdom 1.13, 14; 2.23, 24.