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1) Regarding the word day (yoÆm) several interpretations have been
suggested. (1) The days of Creation refer to extended geological ages
prior to man’s presence on earth. (2) The days are 24-hour periods in
which God revealed His creative acts. (3) They are literal 24-hour days
of divine activity. In favor of the third view is the fact that the
term yoÆm with an ordinal (first, second, etc.) adjective means 24-hour
days wherever this construction occurs in the Old Testament. Also the
normal understanding of the fourth commandment (Ex. 20:11) would
suggest this interpretation. (The Bible Knowledge Commentary)
2) The word day is used in three different senses in Genesis: (1) a
twelve-hour period of light (1:5, 14, 16, 18); (2) a twenty-four-hour
period; and (3) the entire creative week (2:4); the qualifying phrase,
And the evening and the morning were the first day, indicates beyond
any doubt that the word, as it is used here, is a twenty-four-hour
period of time (see Introduction). This is the normal understanding of
the Genesis account. The particular expressions such as light and
darkness, day and night, evening and morning, seem to require such an
interpretation. Also, it should be noted that every single occurrence
of the word yoµm where it is used to summarize one of the creative days
is accompanied by the numerical adjective. It is always, the evening
and morning were one day (Heb yoµm <echad), or there was evening and
there was morning, a second day (yoµm sheµnéµ). This is very
significant, because throughout the Old Testament yoµm is never used
figuratively (that is, to refer to something other than a normal day)
with the numerical adjective (see John C. Whitcomb, Jr., „The Science
of Historical Geology in the Light of the Biblical Doctrine of Mature
Creation,” Westminster Theological Journal, Fall, 1973 and Weston
Fields, Unformed and Unfilled, p. 176). Also „we must assume that the
seventh day was a literal day because Adam and Eve lived through it
before God drove them out of the Garden. Surely, he would not have
cursed the earth during the seventh day which he blessed and sanctified
(2:1–3; Ex 31:12–17)” (Whitcomb, p. 68). And Exodus 20:11 seems to be
very explicit when Moses records that within: „… six days the LORD made
the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.…” God uses this
expression for a pattern of Israel’s work week of six literal days and
then one literal twenty-four-hour day of rest. Fields lists all of the
lexical categories for the use of yoµm in the Old Testament, and there
is no support for identifying the days of Genesis as long periods of
time (Fields, pp. 170–172). (KJV Bible Commentary).
3) Our word is the „most important concept of time in the OT by which a
point of time as well as a sphere of time can be expressed.” The word
is also common in Ugaritic. It can denote: 1. the period of light (as
contrasted with the period of darkness), 2. the period of twenty-four
hours, 3. a general vague „time,” 4. a point of time, 5. a year (in the
plural; 1Sam 27:7; Exo 13:10; etc.). TWOOT.
4) Day„ with numerical adjectives in Hebrew always refers to a 24 hour period. (The MacArthur Study Bible).
5) ”Days„ in the Bible, when preceded by numbers (e.g., first day),
always refer to 24-hour periods. Each ”day„ ends with the descriptive
refrain, ”the evening and the morning.„ Also, it is argued, the human
week is modeled after the creation week (Ex. 20:8–11). (Believer’s
Study Bible).
6) Everywhere in the Pentateuch the word day when used (as here) with a
definite article or numerical adjective means a solar day or a normally
calibrated, 24-hour day. Thus, the biblical account of Creation clearly
indicates that God created the world in six literal days (cf. Ex.
20:11). (King James Version Study Bible).
7) While there were other ”creation stories„ among the pagan nations of
the ancient world, the biblical account is unique in that God existed
before creation and called the physical world into being from nothing
(Gen. 1:1, 2; John 1:2, 3). These pagan nations, particularly the
Babylonians, believed the material universe was eternal and that it
brought their gods into being. But Genesis describes a God who is
clearly superior to the physical world. (The Open Bible).
The evening and the morning: The Hebrews began each new day at
sunset. This time designation, along with the numbering of the days and
the Sabbath rest on day seven, shows that the author views creation as
happening in the course of six consecutive 24-hour periods, followed by
a seventh of divine rest. (Spirit Filled Life Study Bible).
9) Whenever the numeral appears with the Hebrew word yom (day) it
demands a twentyfour hour day. See also the excellent study by Weston
W. Fields, Unformed and Unfilled (Nutley, N.J.: Presbyterian &
Reformed, 1976).
10) Advocates point out that the word day is defined in 1:5 as the
period from sunrise to sunset. The term day (yom) in the singular
appears some 1,150 in the Old Testament. In over ninety percent of
these occurrences the word has its ordinary meaning. When a numeral is
used with yom it always means an ordinary day. The phrase ”evening and
morning„ also is thought to support this position. Finally, Exodus
20:11 is viewed as Moses’ own commentary on Genesis 1. (James E. Smith,
Old Testament Survey Series, The Pentateuch).
10) The first theory believed by many scholars is that the creative
days of Genesis 1 were literal twenty-four-hour days. This is the
normal understanding of the Genesis account. The particular expressions
such as light and darkness, day and night, evening and morning, seem to
require such an interpretation. Also, it should be noted that every
single occurrence of the word yoµm where it is used to summarize one of
the creative days is accompanied by the numerical adjective. It is
always, the evening and morning were one day (Heb yoµm <echad), or
there was evening and there was morning, a second day (yoµm sheµnéµ).
This is very significant, because throughout the Old Testament yoµm is
never used figuratively (that is, to refer to something other than a
normal day) with the numerical adjective (see John C. Whitcomb, Jr.,
”The Science of Historical Geology in the Light of the Biblical
Doctrine of Mature Creation,„ Westminster Theological Journal, Fall,
1973 and Weston Fields, Unformed and Unfilled, p. 176). Also ”we must
assume that the seventh day was a literal day because Adam and Eve
lived through it before God drove them out of the Garden. Surely, he
would not have cursed the earth during the seventh day which he blessed
and sanctified (2:1–3; Ex 31:12–17)„ (Whitcomb, p. 68). And Exodus
20:11 seems to be very explicit when Moses records that within: ”… six
days the LORD made the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them
is.…„ God uses this expression for a pattern of Israel’s work week of
six literal days and then one literal twenty-four-hour day of rest.
Fields lists all of the lexical categories for the use of yoµm in the
Old Testament, and there is no support for identifying the days of
Genesis as long periods of time (Fields, pp. 170–172). (Jerry Falwell,
executive editor; Edward E. Hinson and Michael Kroll Woodrow, general
editors, KJV Bible commentary, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1994.)
11) The days of creation are referred to as ”it was evening and it was
morning,„ suggesting twenty-four hour days. The statements ”second
day,„ ”third day,„ also demand twenty-four hour days. Whenever the
numeral appears with the Hebrew word yom (day) it demands a twentyfour
hour day. See also the excellent study by Weston W. Fields, Unformed
and Unfilled (Nutley, N.J.: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1976). (Enns,
Paul, The Moody Handbook of Theology, (Chicago, Ill.: Moody Press)
1996.)