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And on the eighth night my heart was troubled within me again, and I began to speak in the presence of the Most High.
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For my spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.
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I said, "O Lord, thou didst speak at the beginning of creation, and didst say on the first day, `Let heaven and earth be made,' and thy word accomplished the work.
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And then the Spirit was hovering, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of man's voice was not yet there.
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Then thou didst command that a ray of light be brought forth from thy treasuries, so that thy works might then appear.
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"Again, on the second day, thou didst create the spirit of the firmament, and didst command him to divide and separate the waters, that one part might move upward and the other part remain beneath.
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"On the third day thou didst command the waters to be gathered together in the seventh part of the earth; six parts thou didst dry up and keep so that some of them might be planted and cultivated and be of service before thee.
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For thy word went forth, and at once the work was done.
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For 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 thou didst command 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 thou didst command them to serve man, who was about to be formed.