By his wind the heavens are made fair; his hand pierces the fleeing serpent, extending the depiction of divine creative action through wind (divine breath/spirit) and hand, forces that shape and penetrate cosmic elements. The making fair of heavens by divine wind suggests aesthetics and order emerging from divine breath, that creation involves not merely material arrangement but the imposition of beauty and harmony. The piercing of the fleeing serpent—another image of chaos—establishes that divine action relentlessly pursues and subdues cosmic opposition. The combination of creative wind and pursuing hand suggests divine activity operating simultaneously toward construction and toward the elimination of threatening forces.

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