"So it took generations according to verse 4 but was counted as one day."
The word that is translated as "generations" in Genesis does not mean what you seem to think it means. It is not referring to an era of time. The word in question is "towlĕdah", which means:
I. descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies
A. account of men and their descendants
i. genealogical list of one's descendants
ii. one's contemporaries
iii. course of history (of creation etc)
B. begetting or account of heaven (metaph)
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=H8435&t=KJV
It is not referring to an era of time. The word in question is "towlĕdah", which means: ---------------------------------------------------- I also looked it up in the dictionary and got something altogether opposite of your definition.
It is not referring to an era of time. The word in question is "towlĕdah", which means: ---------------------------------------------------- I also looked it up in the dictionary and got something altogether opposite of your definition.