# 2 Esdras 2:5

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras/2/5
- Book: [2 Esdras](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras)
- Chapter: [2 Esdras 2](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras/2)
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As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children, which would not keep my covenant,