1. The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance. However, this is in order to make the wicked accountable for destroying a world that was created with ten utterances, and to reward the righteous for sustaining a world that was created with ten utterances.
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Author: Pirkei Avot
Keywords: Ten Utterances, Let there be light, In the beginning, God spoke
Bible reference(s): Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28-29
Source: Pirkei Avot,¹ Chapter 5.
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