And now, my children, place the thought in your hearts, mark well the words of your father, which have all come to you from the lips of the Lord.
2Take these books of your father's handwriting and read them.
3For the books are many, and in them you will learn all the works of the Lord, all that has been from the beginning of creation, and will be until the end of time.
4And if you observe my handwriting, you will not sin against the Lord; for there is no other except the Lord, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor in the lowest places, nor in the one foundation.
5The Lord placed the foundations in the unknown, and stretched out the visible and invisible heavens; he fixed the earth upon the waters, and created countless creatures, and who counted the water and the foundation of the unfixed, or the dust of the earth, or the sand of the sea, or the drops of rain, or the morning dew, or the blowing of the wind? Who filled the earth and the sea, and the indissoluble winter?
6I cut the stars from fire, and decorated heaven, and placed it in their midst.