2 Esdras 5:47

47 And I said, "She cannot, but must do it by distance of time."

2 Esdras 5:47 In-Context

45 And I said, "As Thou hast said unto Thy servant that Thou, who givest life to all, hast given life at once to the creature that Thou hast created, and the creation bear it, even so it might now also bear those who now are present at once."

46 And He said unto me, "Ask the womb of a woman, and say unto her, `If thou bringest forth children, why doest thou it not together, but one after another?' Pray her therefore to bring forth ten children at once."

47 And I said, "She cannot, but must do it by distance of time."

48 Then said He unto me, "Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those who are sown in it in their times.

49 For as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created."