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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| 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
