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And it came to pass after this that I wept again and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfill the three weeks of which he told me.
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And on the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the Most High.Œ
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For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.
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And I said, "O Lord, Thou spokest from the beginning of the creation, even the first day, and said thus: `Let heaven and earth be made'; and Thy word was a perfect work.
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And then was the Spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man's voice was not yet formed.
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Then commanded Thou a fair light to come forth from Thy treasures, that Thy work might appear.
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"Upon the second day Thou madest the spirit of the firmament, and commanded it to part asunder, and to make a division between the waters, that the one part might go up and the other remain beneath.
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"Upon the third day Thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth; six parts hast Thou dried up and kept them, with the intent that some of these, being planted by God and tilled, might serve Thee.
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For as soon as Thy word went forth the work was made.
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For immediately there was great and innumerable fruit, and many and divers pleasures for the taste, and flowers of unchangeable color, and odors of wonderful smell; and this was done the third day.
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"Upon the fourth day Thou commanded that the sun should shine and the moon give her light and the stars should be in order,