1. אמר 'āmar — “say, bid.” After this verb comes the thing said in the words of the speaker, or an equivalent expression. I…

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.

Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…

"Light be." "Light was." God had but to speak the word, and the great wonder was accomplished. How there was light before there was any su…

And God said. Moses now, for the first time, introduces God in the act of speaking, as if He had created the mass of heaven and e…

And God said
This phrase is used, nine times in this account of the creation; it is admired by Longinus the Heathen in his tre…

God said, Let there be light; He willed it, and at once there was light. Oh, the power of the word of God!

In the new creation, the…