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ויברך אתם אלהים לאמר פרו ורבו ומלאו את־המים בימים והעוף ירב בארץ׃
7. The first state is that which precedes, including both the state from infancy, and that immediately before regeneration. This is called a “void,” “emptiness,” and “thick darkness.” And the first motion, which is the Lord’s mercy, is “the Spirit of God moving upon the faces of the waters.”