2 Esdras 8:8

8 And because thou dost give life to the body which is now fashioned in the womb, and dost furnish it with members, what thou hast created is preserved in fire and water, and for nine months the womb which thou has formed endures thy creation which has been created in it.

2 Esdras 8:8 In-Context

6 O Lord who are over us, grant to thy servant that we may pray before thee, and give us seed for our heart and cultivation of our understanding so that fruit may be produced, by which every mortal who bears the likeness of a human being may be able to live.

7 For thou alone dost exist, and we are a work of thy hands, as thou hast declared.

8 And because thou dost give life to the body which is now fashioned in the womb, and dost furnish it with members, what thou hast created is preserved in fire and water, and for nine months the womb which thou has formed endures thy creation which has been created in it.

9 But that which keeps and that which is kept shall both be kept by thy keeping. And when the womb gives up again what has been created in it,

10 thou hast commanded that from the members themselves (that is, from the breasts) milk should be supplied which is the fruit of the breasts,