For most of Genesis 1, the only actor is God. Speaking. Seeing. Naming. Then on the sixth day, He makes something in His image, and the story has someone to receive it.

In this letter

- The Hebrew bara (H1254) — divine creation

- Tehom — the primeval deep

- The Spirit rachaph — hovering, brooding

- Tov (H2896) — good, right, whole

- The days one to three / four to six structure — environments and their fillers

- The plural Let Us make and the image of God

- The seventh day and shabath (rest)

Scripture — Genesis 1:1-31, 2:1-3

Hebrew word studies

- bara (בָּרָא, Strong's H1254) — to create. The verb reserved for God's making.

- tov (טוֹב, H2896) — good, rig ...