act “appropriately,” they reproduce in their own actions the “beauty” of God’s creation. ■ 11b* The difference between the divine and human perspectives on perceiving reality is substantiated in v. 11*b. On the one hand, God has “put distant time (הָעוֹלָם hāʿȏlām) into their minds.” In view of the use of עוֹלָם ʿȏlām in the preceding context (cf. 1:4*, 10*; 2:16*; then also 3:14*; 9:6*; 12:5*), the term may refer here to a concept or idea of a “distant time” that extends far