2 Esdras 6:1: "And he" [The angel] "said unto me," [Esdras] "In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the borders of the world stood, or ever the winds blew,"

2 Esdras 6:2: "Before it thundered and lightened, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid,"

2 Esdras 6:3: "Before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the moveable powers were established, before the innumerable multitude of angels were gathered together,"

2 Esdras 6:4: "Or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the chimneys in Sion were hot,"

2 Esdras 6:5: "And ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the inventions of them that now sin were turned, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:"

2 Esdras 6:6: "Then did I" [God] "consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: by me also they shall be ended, and by none other."

2 Esdras 6:7: "Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?"

2 Esdras 6:8: "And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob's hand held first the heel of Esau."

2 Esdras 6:9: "For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth."