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:; "Then God ''said'' ..."

:: Gen 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26

:; "and God ''said'' to them: Be fertile and multiply."

:: Gen 1:28

Speaking a word requires breath.

No breath, no word.

"Breath" = "spirit" in both Hebrew (''ruah'') and Greek (''pneuma'').

"To speak" means "to send forth your spirit."

Where the Word is, the Spirit is.

:; [[Psalms#Psalm_33|Psalm 33]]

:: "By the '''word of the LORD''' the heavens were made; by '''the breath of his mouth''' all their host" (6).
:: "For '''he spoke,''' and it came to be, '''commanded,''' and it stood in place" (9).

:; Judith

:: Let your every creature serve you;
:: for ''you spoke'', and they were made,
:: ''you sent forth your spirit'', and they were created;
:: no one can resist your word. (16:14)

:; John's Prologue

:: "'''In the beginning was the Word''', and the Word was God, and the Word was God" (Jn 1:1).


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