Avot 5:1 Midrash : Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Bereshit Rabbah & Sifrei Devarim

בַּעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם. וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר, וַהֲלֹא בְמַאֲמָר אֶחָד יָכוֹל לְהִבָּרְאוֹת, אֶלָּא לְהִפָּרַע מִן הָרְשָׁעִים שֶׁמְּאַבְּדִין אֶת הָעוֹלָם שֶׁנִּבְרָא בַעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת, וְלִתֵּן שָׂכָר טוֹב לַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁמְּקַיְּמִין אֶת הָעוֹלָם שֶׁנִּבְרָא בַעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת:

Avec dix déclarations (ma'amaroth), le monde a été créé, [neuf "Et Il a dit" et "Au commencement" est aussi une déclaration, à savoir. (Psaumes 33: 6): "Par la parole du Seigneur, les cieux ont été faits."] Que nous enseigne-t-on ici? N'aurait-il pas pu être créé avec une seule déclaration? Mais, [cela a été déclaré] pour punir les méchants qui détruisent le monde, qui a été créé avec dix déclarations [Car si quelqu'un détruit une âme juive, c'est comme s'il détruisait un monde entier, et les méchants, qui dans leurs péchés détruisent leurs âmes, sont considérés comme ayant détruit le monde entier. (Ainsi ai-je trouvé.) Et il me semble qu'ils détruisent le monde lui-même, car ils inclinent tout le monde à l'échelle du châtiment, de sorte qu'il est détruit à cause d'eux. «Avec dix déclarations»: il n'y a pas de comparaison entre détruire une œuvre créée en un jour et (détruire) une œuvre créée en plusieurs jours], et donner une bonne récompense aux tzaddikim, qui soutiennent le monde, qui a été créé avec dix déclarations .

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer

There (in the north) is the abode of the destroying spirits, earthquakes, winds, demons, lightnings and thunders; thence evil issues forth into the world, as it is said, "Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth" (Jer. 1:14). Some say by ten Sayings was the world created || and in three (Divine attributes) are these (ten Sayings) comprised, as it is said, "The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens, by his knowledge the depths were broken up" (Prov. 3:19, 20). By these three (attributes) was the Tabernacle made, as it is said, "And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge" (Ex. 31:3). Likewise with these three (attributes) was the Temple made, as it is said, "He was the son of a widow woman of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and knowledge" (1 Kings 7:14). By these three attributes it will be rebuilt in the future, as it is said, "Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge are the chambers filled" (Prov. 24:3, 4).
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber

Resh Laqish said: A word, as it were, came from the mouth of the Holy One (according to Ps. 33:6): BY THE WORD OF THE LORD WERE THE HEAVENS MADE. It is also written (in Gen. 1:1-27) < that > by it he CREATED. < This account was > simply for exacting retribution from the wicked who destroy the world, which was created with toil and wearisome labor, and to give a good recompense to the righteous who preserve the world, which was created by the word of the LORD. Ergo (in Gen. 1:1): IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED < THE HEAVENS >….29Cf. Avot 5:1.
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Bereshit Rabbah

“The Lord God said: It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper for him alongside him” (Genesis 2:18).
“The Lord God said: It is not good that [the man] should be” – we learned: The world was created with ten [divine] utterances.1Avot 5:1. These are: “In the beginning [God created the heavens and the earth]” (Genesis 1:1);2Although the words “God said” are not written here, it was through God’s command that the heavens and earth were created (see Psalms 33:6). “the wind3The Midrash interprets the word ruaḥ to mean wind, unlike the more common translation, “spirit.” of God hovered [over the surface of the water]” (Genesis 1:2);4Here too, although the words “God said” are not written, it was through God’s command that the wind came about. “God said: Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3); “God said: Let there be a firmament” (Genesis 1:6); “God said: “Let the water be gathered” (Genesis 1:9). “God said: Let the earth sprout [grass]” (Genesis 1:11). “God said: Let there be lights” (Genesis 1:14). “God said: Let the water swarm” (Genesis 1:20). “God said: “Let the earth produce” (Genesis 1:24). “God said: Let us make man” (Genesis 1:26). Menaḥem bar Yosei removes: “The wind of God hovered,” and inserts: “The Lord God said: It is not good that the man should be.” Rabbi Yaakov ben Kurshai said: A special utterance was devoted specifically to the wind.5Rabbi Yaakov concurs with the original count of the ten utterances.
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Sifrei Devarim

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