[Just mythoughts]

Wait. The "creation" of man, which was good on the 6th day is not the same as the creation of "the Adam" on the 8th day. After the 7th day "REST" then there was no "MAN" to till the ground - farmer. Thus there are two days of creation which both are described as "GOOD".

Now if what Peter tells us is applied then the 6th day creation continued for 2000 years before the "creation" of "the Adam".

[Robert A Cook PE]

Right. The earth was populated for many years AFTER "man" was created (Adam (as identified in the story of the garden of Eden) not being seen as the "first man" but the first 'Jewish man"?) but true farming did NOT start until only a few years before the Jewish traditions began in Mesopatomia (-1 sp) ...

Which is how, after Cain was expelled from Adam's family for killing Able, he went to live in different city. if "Adam" was the first man (not the first "Man God selected"), then there couldn't have been a different city already developed.

Speaking of which - Can you image the trouble he got into when Cain came back home and admitted to killing 1/4 the human race? 8<)