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"Upon the second day Thou madest the spirit of the firmament, and commanded it to part asunder, and to make a division between the waters, that the one part might go up and the other remain beneath.
42
"Upon the third day Thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth; six parts hast Thou dried up and kept them, with the intent that some of these, being planted by God and tilled, might serve Thee.
43
For as soon as Thy word went forth the work was made.
44
For immediately there was great and innumerable fruit, and many and divers pleasures for the taste, and flowers of unchangeable color, and odors of wonderful smell; and this was done the third day.
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"Upon the fourth day Thou commanded that the sun should shine and the moon give her light and the stars should be in order,