Genesis 1: The Ten Sayings and the Word Who Spoke Them

The Daily Deep Dive: the Hebrew of the first page, the ten times God speaks, and why the light of day one is still burning on the last page of Revelation.

Yesterday’s Lift stood on one claim: God speaks, and what He speaks is so. The free piece pointed at John 1 and left the door ajar. Here is the room behind it.

Ten times, and God said

Count the speaking in Genesis 1 and a pattern shows up that the writer built on purpose. Ten times a form of the Hebrew wayyomer Elohim, and God said, opens a fresh act of c…