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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.
Footnotes 1
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Syr Ethiop Arab 2: Lat [the firstborn world] Compare Arab 1 [first world]
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