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ויעבר אלהים רוח. אותו רוח שנאמר בו מרחפת הולך על המים בשעת המבול והחזיר המים לכשהיו בתחלה ואותו רוח העביר עכשיו ונחו המים: ויעבר אלוקים רוח על הארץ, “ G–d made wind pass over the earth;” this was the same wind of which the Torah in Genesis 1,2 had written that it was “hovering” over the surface of the waters. In other words, at this point the earth had basically reverted to what it had been before the creation of light. It was this “wind,” G–d made use of now to repair the damage earth had sustained by making the waters subside.