Genesis - Chapter 01 - Line 00003

Contemplative Summary

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Creation’s first articulation begins not with movement of matter, but with the sound of intention. The Hebrew vayomer Elohim (“and God said”) marks the shift from silent potential to expressed purpose. Yehi or (“let there be light”) carries the jussive form of hayah — a verbal pulse that invites existence rather than commands it. The echoing vayhi-or (“and there was light”) mirrors the first phrase perfectly, completing a cycle of speech and manifestation.

Here, language itself becomes the bridge between unformed possibility and realized presence. Light appears as the first evidence that consciousness has met creation — illumination emerging where awareness and potential converge. This line unveils the pattern that will shape all that follows: word becomes world, vibration becomes visibility.

To contemplate this moment is to feel the stillness of verse 2 quicken into radiance — to sense how clarity arises wherever intention is aligned with being. Every genuine act of expression continues this Genesis rhythm, as light once again comes to be through the speaking of truth.