32 Acts of God in Genesis

There are 32 paths in the Tree of Life; 10 Sephirot and 22 Bridges; the Creator performs 32 actions in Genesis. There are 10 instances of "God Said," which correspond to the 10 Sephirot. There are 3 instances of "God Made," which correspond to the 3 Mother Letters. There are 7 instances of "God Saw," corresponding to the 7 double letters. There are 12 instances of God acting in other ways, corresponding to the 12 Zodiacal signs. Aryeh Kaplan says the first saying [Keter] is the first sentence of Torah: "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth," and even though "God Said" does not appear here, it is implied and understood.

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Action
In the beginning God created [said]
The spirit of God Hovered
God said, let there be light
God saw the light, that it was good
God divided the darkness and light
God called the light day
God said, let there be a firmament
God made the firmament
God called the firmament Heaven
God said, let the waters be gathered
God called the dry land Earth
God saw that it was good
God said, let there be vegetation
God saw that it was good
God said, let there be luminaries
God made two lights, the Sun and Moon
God placed them in the Heavens
God saw that it was good
God said let the waters swarm with life
God created the great sea monsters
God saw that it was good
God blessed them: "Be Fruitful, Multiply"
God said, let the Earth bring animals
God made the beasts of the fields
God saw that it was good
God said, let us make people
God created humans
In the form of God he created them
God blessed them
God said, be fruitful, multiply
God said, behold what I have given you
God saw everything He had made
Path
Keter
Heh
Kochma
Bet
Vav
Zayin
Binah
Aleph
Chet
Chesed
Tet
Gimel
Gevurah
Dalet
Tipharet
Mem
Yud
Kaph
Netzach
Lamed
Peh
Nun
Hod
Shin
Resh
Yesod
Samech
Ayin
Tzaddi
Malchut
Qoph
Tav
Classification
Sephirah 1
Elemental 1
Sephirah 2
Double 1
Elemental 2
Elemental 3

Sephirah 3
Mother 1
Elemental 4
Sephirah 4
Elemental 5
Double 2
Sephirah 5
Double 3
Sephirah 6
Mother 2
Elemental 6
Double 4
Sephirah 7
Elemental 7
Double 5
Elemental 8
Sephirah 8
Mother 3
Double 6
Sephirah 9
Elemental 9
Elemental 10
Elemental 11

Sephirah 10
Elemental 12
Double 7

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7 6 5 4 3 2 1
14 13 12 11 10 9 8
21 20 19 18 17 16 15

Seven letters are called doubles because at one time they could be pronounced two different ways. Some still are, but the others' alternate soundings are no longer used. More about Double Letters

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