You are misreading the verse. In Genesis 2, it is spoken of as being a general time, as in 'the general period of time when', not as if it was the same day.
Well it's good to keep trying anyways!
Because some folks are extremely literal. Later on in the Bible it says something akin to the span of a man's life is but a blink of an eye to God.
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In my father's day a lot of things were different. How does the same word apply to Genesis 1? I can't tell you for sure and I'm not sure anyone can. Could the word actually have had duel meaning in it's day, which isn't recognized today? I don't know. Perhaps others do.
There are certain conflicts within the Bible. Those that want to use those conflicts to discredit it will. Those who wish to accept the Bible on faith will have their questions answered eventually, if their faith is justified.
I have accepted the literal meaning (in my estimation) of Genesis 1 and 2. I have done so because I was raised a believer of the Seventh-Day Sabbath. That Sabbath as been celebrated for something like four thousand years if I remember correctly. I have accepted the observance on faith because we are admonished to do so in Exodus 20:3-17. Others will tell you that this observance was abolished at the cross. I don't buy into that.
God blessed and sanctified the seventh day. And when I observe the Sabbath as I have explained it, it seems to be very rewarding. Can't explain it. I feel blessed for having done so.
Hey, this is my perception. I'm sure you'll hear many others.
I will look into this more and report back. I remember studying this but cannot recall the explanation I was given so I will look it up further.
So, looking only at that point (it could be key after all), what makes a day 24 hours long? A sun, a earth, the earth rotating on it's axis once in 24 hours.
At which point in Genesis are these requirements met?
He also said that, as for the seed question, that all was created by His Word, and that the chicken indeed came before the egg as far as the plants go! :-)
Betrand Russell answered with another question..." Who created God?"
The answer he got was "God always was and always will be"
He then came up with another question.... "What's wrong with "The universe always was and always will be?"
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
A poetical creation story that science has born out to be true time and time again. For decades non-Christians have said, "How could God create light before he created the Sun?" and we now know through science that light existed before any stars were formed. The progression of creation has been discovered, first by the Word of God and then verified by science. Plants were the first life on earth followed by water life and then land animals. This is spelled out before science was invented, before the study of animals, before fossil research before any of it. God's Word is true. Then why the panic that insues if there seems to be a misunderstanding on our part of scripture? The verses quoted above I think are the most damaging to the "24 hour day" literalist interpretation. In verse 5, on the 2nd day, God creates light and darkness and calls them day and night. Then in verse 14, on the 4th day, he creates the stars (and later the Sun and Moon) in order to "divide the day from the night". But wasn't that already done in verse 5? Apparently not. If not, then how could there be morning and evening? Morning and evening are words that convey the transistion between light and dark. Without verse 14 in place, there is no division between day and night. This clearly is a oral tradition story, true as can be, that Moses put down in written form. The Word of God, which is Truth, inhabits perfectly the whole creation story told in Genesis 1. We also have the God given ability to understand that literary and poetic narrative, while containing truth, do not have to contain actuality. That's like saying that the parable of Lazerus and the rich man must have actually happened, or Jesus was telling a lie. Telling a story that incorporates truth in a way that people can understand it is not telling a lie. This is how I view Genesis chapter 1.