Man & woman created on 6th day or later?

[Truswell]

3 hours ago, TrueFollowerOfChrist said:

Day in the Hebrew can refer to a period of time, you're correct. However when the word day is used with a number attached to it it always refers to a literal 24-hour day. If you know a situation and scripture where this is not the case outside of Genesis chapter 1, please show me. Otherwise there is no reason whatsoever other than a strong belief in man's theory of evolution to suppose that the days of Genesis do not mean literal 24 hours. There's nothing in the text that says that they are longer than 24 hours so an argument from either side could be used based on silence. I think it's funny however that people don't believe in the literal six days, especially when if God had meant longer than six literal days he certainly could have said so. Plus if God really did mean 6 days what language could he possibly have used that would make it more clear than saying six days. He gave us the simplest language possible for our fallible brains to comprehend, and yet many people actually say that he's wrong and that he didn't mean exactly what he said in clear black and white. Just my two cents.

I'm not sure if I understand you, but here are some examples of the word day as a period of time.

 

Psalms 90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

 

 

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

 

 

2 Peter 3:7-8 But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. (8) But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

 

 

Hosea 6:1-2 “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. (2) After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.

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Edited October 9, 2023 by Truswell

[Markie51]

On 9/29/2023 at 2:34 PM, DearJudy,OurLord said:

Hello  I’m trying to understand genesis 1:27 where it says that God so created mankind in his own image in the image of God, he created them male and female, who created them

then genesis 1:31 says God saw all that he had made, and it was very good and there was evening, and that was morning the sixth day.

Then, in the account of Adam and Eve, in chapter 2, it looks like he created man alone to tend the garden but if Adam was naming the animals and tending the garden, how can that all be done in one day and then God made the woman.
 

Can someone explain ?

 

It is established, by theologians, that Moses penned the book of Genesis.  Prior to the creation of humans, no one was an eye witness to the creation account from the beginning through part of the sixth day.  Therefore, it was conveyed directly by God himself to Adam.  This may also have been accomplished-in parts or its entirety-through the preceding five generations, of Moses, by means of written documents or most likely oral traditions.  Keep in mind that people of that time period enjoyed longer life spans.  All three of these means may have been used.

 “This is the history of” (Genesis 2: 4) is simply an introductory phrase or a partial summary of Genesis 1:1 through 2: 3.  As suggested in the preceding paragraph, this seems logical to me because of the means of retaining this biblical information.  Genesis, as with other parts (books, for example) of the Bible, was not always penned in a chronological.  Genesis 2 is more in depth about human creation and subsequent human’s earliest affairs.  This part was rightfully the highlight of creation.

[RdJ]

On 10/4/2023 at 6:14 PM, Truswell said:

A day (yome in the Hebrew) means a period of time, anything from a few hours to eternity. 

Strong's Hebrew: 3117. יוֹם (yom) -- day (biblehub.com)

Millions of years elapsed between the beginning and ending of a single day.

After the sixth day which took millions of years, God rested from the work of creation, and is now preparing a place for us in heaven, and that is taking a very long time also.

God's time is different from ours. 

Don't worry about it. 

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Then the grass and herbs created on day 3 wouldn't get sun for thousands or billions of years and die.

[Truswell]

1 hour ago, Renskedejonge said:

Then the grass and herbs created on day 3 wouldn't get sun for thousands or billions of years and die.

1:2 One of several conservative interpretations of the Genesis account of creation, the creation-reconstruction view, says that between verses 1 and 2 a great catastrophe occurred, perhaps the fall of Satan (see Eze_28:11-19). This caused God's original, perfect creation to become without form and void (t–hû wãv–hû). Since God didn't create the earth waste and empty (see Isa_45:18), only a mighty cataclysm could explain the chaotic condition of verse 2. Proponents of this view point out that the word translated was (hãyethã) could also be translated "had become." Thus the earth "had become waste and empty."
The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters, preparatory to the great creative and reconstructive acts to follow. The remaining verses describe the six days of creation and reconstruction which prepared the earth for human habitation.

Source Believers Bible.

[RdJ]

3 hours ago, Truswell said:

1:2 One of several conservative interpretations of the Genesis account of creation, the creation-reconstruction view, says that between verses 1 and 2 a great catastrophe occurred, perhaps the fall of Satan (see Eze_28:11-19). This caused God's original, perfect creation to become without form and void (t–hû wãv–hû). Since God didn't create the earth waste and empty (see Isa_45:18), only a mighty cataclysm could explain the chaotic condition of verse 2. Proponents of this view point out that the word translated was (hãyethã) could also be translated "had become." Thus the earth "had become waste and empty."
The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters, preparatory to the great creative and reconstructive acts to follow. The remaining verses describe the six days of creation and reconstruction which prepared the earth for human habitation.

Source Believers Bible.

Ah yes GAP theory. I used to believe that, but not anymore since they found soft tissue in a dinosaur.

 

 

[Truswell]

4 hours ago, Renskedejonge said:

Ah yes GAP theory. I used to believe that, but not anymore since they found soft tissue in a dinosaur.

 

 

l always found the Bible and science in agreement, which proves the divine inspiration of the Bible, and that is wonderful. The alternative is to believe the universe began with Israel, which is where people go wrong. 

Edited December 4, 2023 by Truswell

[RdJ]

3 hours ago, Truswell said:

l always found the Bible and science in agreement, which proves the divine inspiration of the Bible, and that is wonderful. The alternative is to believe the universe began with Israel, which is where people go wrong. 

Israel? Abraham came way later. Science ignores the flood and they assume a lot. They weren't there. They can't know that something was billions of years old.

[Truswell]

2 hours ago, Renskedejonge said:

Israel? Abraham came way later. Science ignores the flood and they assume a lot. They weren't there. They can't know that something was billions of years old.

You do not need to be there to know it takes a very long time for water to gouge out the Grand Canyon from solid rock. Anyway, I'm out of this conversation.

[Know Jah]

Genesis is not written in chronological order. Also day in the bible is not always 24hrs

[Know Jah]

Don't think it was million of years between the days in Genesis