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For your word went forth, and at once the work was done.
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Immediately fruit came forth in endless abundance and of varied appeal to the taste, and flowers of inimitable color, and odors of inexpressible fragrance. These were made on the third day.
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"On the fourth day you commanded the brightness of the sun, the light of the moon, and the arrangement of the stars to come into being;
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and you commanded them to serve humankind, about to be formed.
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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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