2 Esdras 3:4

4 "O sovereign Lord, didst thou not speak at the beginning when thou didst form the earth -- and that without help -- and didst command the dust

2 Esdras 3:4 In-Context

2 because I saw the desolation of Zion and the wealth of those who lived in Babylon.

3 My spirit was greatly agitated, and I began to speak anxious words to the Most High, and said,

4 "O sovereign Lord, didst thou not speak at the beginning when thou didst form the earth -- and that without help -- and didst command the dust

5 and it gave thee Adam, a lifeless body? Yet he was the workmanship of thy hands, and thou didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made alive in thy presence.

6 And thou didst lead him into the garden which thy right hand had planted before the earth appeared.