2 Esdras 5:48

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.

2 Esdras 5:48 In-Context

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."
50 And I asked and said, "Seeing Thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before Thee; for our mother, of whom Thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age."
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