Meanwhile, you still haven't explained why you doubt the Word of God, when it plainly says the Egyptian slave hadn't eaten or drunk for three days. Why would you doubt God's word over such a simple straightforward and uncontroversial statement?
Wrong - the subject is biblical interpretation, and your insistence on doing it with the "plain words." Do you apply your interpretive methods to the verse I quoted?
There are countless excellent treatments/commentaries on the vs you keep quoting.
Which one(s) do you subscribe to? What do they say?
as if the concept of three nights is so deep, esoteric and confusing that mere mortals are incapable of comprehending the plain words
The verse I quoted is no more deep, esoteric and confusing. Why won't you tell us what you think it means?