Before creation, there was Tohu and Bohu - confusion and emptiness.
Each day of creation banished tohu and bohu more and more.
Light established clarity, where darkness brought confusion.
Light revealed the subsequent creations - plants, birds, fish animals - and a world so far from empty as to be full of goodness.
The creation of man was the final abolition of confusion, for man was commanded to rule Eden. With the order for all creatures and life to be fruitful and multiply, the world was to be less empty, every day, every year, everywhere.
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