first.

2Esdr 3:13
Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst
choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.

2Esdr 3:14
Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will:

2Esdr 3:15
And madest an everlasting covenant with him, promising him
that thou wouldest never forsake his seed.

2Esdr 3:16
And unto him thou gavest Isaac, and unto Isaac also thou
gavest Jacob and Esau. As for Jacob, thou didst choose him to
thee, and put by Esau: and so Jacob became a great multitude.

2Esdr 3:17
And it came to pass, that when thou leadest his seed out of
Egypt, thou broughtest them up to the mount Sinai.

2Esdr 3:18
And bowing the heavens, thou didst set fast the earth,
movedst the whole world, and madest the depths to tremble, and
troubledst the men of that age.

2Esdr 3:19
And thy glory went through four gates, of fire, and of
earthquake, and of wind, and of cold; that thou mightest give