The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 5 : Genesis 1 – How Are We to Understand ‘Days’?

HOW WAS THE HEBREW WORD ‘DAY’ USED IN THE OT – REASONS TO ACCEPT ‘DAY’ IN GENESIS 1,2 AS TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIOD OF TIME – THE QUESTION IS NOT ‘DID THE LORD CREATE IN SIX DAYS?’ BUT ‘WHY DID THE LORD TAKE SIX DAYS TO CREATE?’ – APPENDIX — POSSIBLE EXCEPTION TO ENUMERATED DAYS?