Ge 1:3.

[Genesis 1]
Saturday, January 8, 2022 9:31 PM

And Ad-nai El
-him said "it is not good" (Genesis 2:18). We learn that with Ten Utterances the world was created, and
here thy are: bereshit (Gen. 1:1); and the spirit of God hovered (Gen. 1:2); and God said let there be light
(Gen. 1:3); and God said let there be a firmament (Gen. 1:6); and God said let the waters gather (Gen. 1:9);
and God said let the earth sprout grass (Gen. 1:11); and God said let there be luminaries (Gen. 1:14); and
God said let the water bring forth swarms (Gen. 1:20); and God said let the earth bring out (Gen. 1:24);
and God said let Us make the human (Gen. 1:26). Menachem bar Yosei takes out "and the spirit of God
hovered" and adds "And God said: it is not good." Rabbi Yaakov ben Kurshay: the saying gives to "spirit" a
standing on its own.

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