2 Esdras 7:46

I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else, when it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning.

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Overview of 2 Esdras 7:46

Summary

Better to have prevented humanity than enable sin

Event

Existential complaint about creation

Estimated Time Period

1st century AD