The Bible says this, in Genesis 2:7-19
7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
- God formed the man from the dust of the earth.
- God made a garden in which he planted trees, desirable for food, and for beauty.
- God placed the man in the garden, to care for it.
- God brought all the animals on the land, as well as the birds of every kind, to Adam, for him to name. Of course, God could not bring the sea creatures to Adam, but it's reasonable to conclude that Adam named the ones he could see. However, I will not speculate.
After all this, God made the woman, and brought her to the lonely man, whom the Bible describes this way... alone.
When Eve was brought to Adam, the Bible records his words in Genesis 2:23...
Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
I was not there when Adam made that exclamation, so I do not know what his exact words were.
I know a few facts though.
- The Bible is not a book of magic, where everything god does is a snap of the finger, and viola!
- It takes time for a garden to grow, as it is watered.
- It takes time to care for ta garden.
- Adam had hundreds of different kinds of animals to name, and he is not a DC Comic character, like the Flash, or Superman, who will just look at an animal, and BOOM!, name that animal. It would have takes time to study the animal. Adam needed to eat sleep, and so forth. He is no superhuman.
- Adam, was finally satisfied with a companion, of his kind.
So, I leave you to do the Math, David.
If you think all this took place in a matter of a few hours, nothing I say will convince you otherwise, that the idea that the six days were literal 24 hour days, is a fantasy, we find in fairy tale novels, and myths.
I'm glad we can at least agree here.
God is described in the Bible as having hands, feet, eyes, fingers. Can't God have an evening and morning?
Is it not true that God had the Bible written for man, and therefore uses term that man can relate to?
Does 'evening and morning' necessarily mean evening and morning from man's worldview, or time, or can 'evening and morning' be used with reference to God's time?
Thank you as well, David.