[pnh102]

They were approx. 24 hr days or the change in the earths rotation would have had to have been very drastic. If you don’t accept the 24hr day and try to extend the time you will end up with some rather severe problems.

First, days on Earth were not always 24 hours. How do the authors of the account in Genesis know that when these events occurred (after all, they were NOT a firsthand account) were 24 hour days or not?

Second, the Hebrew word that was translated as "day" in the story in Genesis itself has different meanings and there is disagreement over the interpretation.

[Myndbender1]

How about the way that the English translations handle the word that translates to eonian?

[CynicalBear]

>>First, days on Earth were not always 24 hours. How do the authors of the account in Genesis know that when these events occurred (after all, they were NOT a firsthand account) were 24 hour days or not?<<

So if the days of creation were longer then 24hr days did they change immediately after Adam was created to make the number of years he lived correct? Or is the Bible wrong as to how long he lived?