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Not to get into an argument here, but the fact of the matter is, different translations use different terminology. I've been told, for example, that the Greek Septuagint uses the equivalent of "periods of time" vice day. As far as your "morning" and "evening" argument is concerned, a synonomous meaning could be "beginning" and "ending."

Christians who question the assumption that the creation days were 24-hour periods point to the inconsistency of having evenings before mornings in those days.

Such Christians will argue the having the evening first, then the morning shows that the creation days are allegories referring to periods of time when God started creation certain category.

At the beginning of the day, the evening, everything was murky and unclear. At the end of the day, the morning, everything God created was complete and clear.

Genesis chapter 1:
^{⁵ God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning-the first day.
⁸ God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day.
¹³ And there was evening, and there was morning-the third day.}