[Luis Gonzalez]

So, God's words are to be interpreted in accordance with ancient Egyptian writing techniques, but we are to take the words of these ancient Egyptians literally as being the exact depiction of Genesis?

[scripter]

To better understand any ancient text, we must first understand the language and literary devices used at the time. Otherwise we risk mistranslation and misinterpretation. Depending on context and how much we understand literary devices used, we can better make decisions as to whether the passage is literal or figurative.