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יְהִ֣י אֹ֑ור וַֽיְהִי־אֹֽור "Exist, Light!" And light happened. The ability to make something happen is what defines free will. With God , there is no other determining factors. With mankind, our creativity is limited. The best analogy may be telling a story from memory. It may be true, or just imaginary. The word אוֹר (aur) is light as it exists and will be set apart by the name "day". Because of this, it comes as a symbol for righteousness and holiness. At its inception it seems to have been the point at which electromagnetic energy reached the visible spectrum necessary for life on the earth. This event happened all across the surface of the "water universe".

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים Then God said Everything stood ready. The whole creation was ready to be fashioned into the diversity we have explored in modern times. Whether the earth was alone in a sea of particles, or encompassed the primordial cosmos, it lacked the life only God could impart. When God spoke he began the coding of the wave functions that guide all particles throughout the universe, however large it was before it expanded. The voice of God is necessarily a condescension to mankind. The verb אָמַר (amar) denotes the act of making known inner thoughts. The contents of those thoughts reflect the character of the speaker. By nature God's message will be true and, in this case, real.