Genesis 1

Question Is it true that Genesis chapter 1 limits us to the view that the word “day” in this section of Scrip­ture means a period of twenty-four hours? Answer The section of Scripture involved in Gen. 1—2:3. In this section the word “day” occurs seventeen times, once in each of the six limiting formulas “And the evening and the morning were the first, second, third day etc., thrice in Gen. 1—2:3, and four times in the verses 14-18 (of chapter 1) a passage that reads: “And God said, Let...