Common use of Paraphrase Clause in Contracts

Paraphrase. In Opif. 13–36a, having established in the preceding sections (Opif. 6b–12) that the world must have been created, Xxxxx can now begin his exposition of the creation story. Before discussing the details of the creation of the material world on days two to six (in Opif. 36b–68), Xxxxx dedicates Opif. 13–36a to the first day of creation which in his opinion was reserved to bringing the intelligible world into being. Xxxxx first explains (in Opif. 13–14) why six is the most appropriate number for creation, using arithmological arguments. He further argues that of the six creation-days, day one was set apart by Xxxxx. Philo attaches special significance to the fact that in Gn. 1:5 this day is designated ‘one’ (μία) and not ‘first’ (πρώτη) (Opif. 15; the argument is repeated in Opif. 35). The choice of avoiding the ordinal number ‘first’ is made to separate day one from the sequence of the other creation days. Being ‘one’ shows the special relationship between what is created on day one and the monad (ἡ μονάς), the fundament of everything that exists.