‘It was so’-
Throughout Genesis 1, God’s commands end with an ‘it was so’ declaration. It happens on days 2, 3 (twice), 4 and 6. And also when commanding animals to be vegetarian in Genesis 1:30
Day 1 God declares light ‘was’ and this is, I suggest, within the metaphor and primarily for the metaphor, is a variation of the great ‘I am’ statements of God. But still also a kind of variation of an ‘it was so’ statement.
‘It was so’ confirms God’s deceleration in the literal and also confirms things ‘used to be that way’ (in the first creation in Gap theory) ***No statement that carries a new creation (bara) has an ‘it was so’ summary. So, no statement about man (Gen 26-
Within the metaphor ‘it was so’ always refers to a pre-
The kosmos ruah metaphor gives a deeper understanding of the whole of Genesis 1 and 2. Here and will explain these in great detail.