2 Esdras 6:47-52
Behemoth and Leviathan in the Apocrypha
47 “On the fifth day you commanded the seventh part, where the water had been gathered together, to bring forth living creatures, birds, and fishes; and so it was done. 48 The dumb and lifeless water produced living creatures, as it was commanded, so that therefore the nations might declare your wondrous works.
49 “Then you kept in existence two living creatures;[a] the one you called Behemoth[b] and the name of the other Leviathan. 50 And you separated one from the other, for the seventh part where the water had been gathered together could not hold them both. 51 And you gave Behemoth[c] one of the parts that had been dried up on the third day, to live in it, where there are a thousand mountains; 52 but to Leviathan you gave the seventh part, the watery part; and you have kept them to be eaten by whom you wish, and when you wish.
- [a] Syr Ethiop: Lat two souls
- [b] Other Lat authorities read Enoch
- [c] Other Lat authorities read Enoch
A Creation Text
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