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1 | A literal twenty-four hour day | Gen 1:5 | kalos | 126684 | ||
A literal twenty-four hour day Genesis 1:5 New English Translation God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.[22] '[22] Another option is to translate, "Evening came, and then morning came." This formula closes the six days of creation. It seems to follow the Jewish order of reckoning time: from evening to morning. Day one started with the dark, continued through the creation of light, and ended with nightfall. Another alternative would be to translate, "There was night and then there was day, one day." 'The first day. The exegetical evidence suggests the word "day" in this chapter refers to a literal twenty-four hour day. It is true that the word can refer to a longer period of time (see Isa 61:2, or the idiom in 2:4, "in the day," that is, "when"). But this chapter uses "day," "night," "morning," "evening," "years," and "seasons." Consistency would require sorting out how all these terms could be used to express ages. Also, when the Hebrew word yom (oy) is used with a numerical adjective, it refers to a literal day. Furthermore, the commandment to keep the Sabbath clearly favors this interpretation. One is to work for six days and then rest on the seventh, just as God did when he worked at creation' (www.netbible.com). |
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2 | 7 twenty-four hour periods? | Gen 1:5 | Stultis the Fool | 126705 | ||
Yes or no, was the "world" created in seven twenty-four hour days, according to the description in Genesis chapter 1? |
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3 | 7 twenty-four hour periods? | Gen 1:5 | Yukerboy | 126722 | ||
I don't believe so. I believe there is a huge gap between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 Yuke |
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4 | 7 twenty-four hour periods? | Gen 1:5 | Stultis the Fool | 126747 | ||
Perhaps you are correct. Thank you for the input! Perhaps you would glean some information reading my post ID#126699 reproduced here. Follow the ID# to see the rest of the thread for context. "How then do you explain Paul's description of "Sabaths" or "Holy Days" in Colosians 2:16 and 17 when compared to the Author of Hebrews explanation of the creation of man and God's rest found in Hebrew's 3:5 through 4:11. Here (Hebrews) the author thoroughly explains that "God's rest", or the 7th day of creation, is something we strive to enter, and while it is "Today", which, by intent, we can surmise must refer to the 6th day, we should strive to enter "God's rest." Either the author is allegorizing the 7 days of creation, or else he is displaying quite literally that the 6th and 7th days of creation were no more 24 hour periods than the first 4 days. In either case, something is debunked here: 24 hour creaction period following day four OR allegory not being present in the creation. Again, I find Paul's refference to "shadows" lends great credance to this concept." |
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5 | 7 twenty-four hour periods? | Gen 1:5 | Yukerboy | 126822 | ||
I apologize as I did not actually answer the original question. I believe the earth itself was created in a day (a long long time ago). I do believe in the literal 6 day account of creation in Genesis, but this was forming the earth from what it had become. The earth itself was created long ago, the rest of the creation account was approximately 6,000 years ago. Yuke |
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