I have NO interest in getting into a debate. I would like to point out that the 4K figure is BEFORE CHRIST. Add 2K or so AD to that and you have a fair “ballpark” number.
In CLOSING, I accept what the Scriptures say. I believe it was done, as described, in 6 twenty-four hour days, out of nothing; ex nihilo. If you want to cobble together some concoction of things some unbelieving “experts” said.....knock yourself out. Thanks for the reply.
I accept what the Scriptures say as well. Look here: http://concordances.org/hebrew/3117.htm
Yom doesn’t have to mean day as in a 24 period. It can mean a much longer or even an undefined period of time.
Isn’t this your source: http://www.answersincreation.org/word_study_yom.htm
So it doesn’t really describe six 24 hour days, plus a seventh. Plus it doesn’t use the word ex nihilo or ‘out of nothing’ to describe creation. We don’t know anything from the Bible prior to Genesis 1:1. The ex nihilo presumption is eisegisis and an interpolation by men.
Take a look here and seek out the actual Hebrew words. http://biblos.com/genesis/1-1.htm You’ll find that they are open to interpretation.
Here’s verse 2: http://biblos.com/genesis/1-2.htm The word ‘create’ means absolutely or from pre-existing matter. There isn’t any ‘and’ in verse 2. It simply says that the earth was in a state of chaos and needed to be put in order. Check it out.