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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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The dumb and lifeless water produced living creatures, as it was commanded, so that therefore the nations might declare your wondrous works.
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"Then you kept in existence two living creatures; the one you called Behemoth and the name of the other Leviathan.
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And you separated one from the other, for the seventh part where the water had been gathered together could not hold them both.
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And you gave Behemoth one of the parts that had been dried up on the third day, to live in it, where there are a thousand mountains;
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but to Leviathan you gave the seventh part, the watery part; and you have kept them to be eaten by whom you wish, and when you wish.
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"On the sixth day you commanded the earth to bring forth before you cattle, wild animals, and creeping things;