The literal sense of the author was "creation is the orderly act of a loving Creator God." What the modern reader often hears, however, is "The universe was made in six 24-hour days." This is as wrong-headed as taking me to mean I actually stood in line a million years or that my cardiac tissue has been torn in half or that Christ had delusions of being a grape plant.-- Making Senses of Scripture . Mark Shea
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In the first chapter of the book of Genesis, God creates the heavens and the earth in six days. In this passage, it is understood that these days are literal days, not figurative days. However, there is a problem with this interpretation. The word translated as "days" in our King James Version is actually a Hebrew word for "evening" or "evening and morning." Because of this, many interpreters believe it can be translated as a figurative phrase.

These interpretations are based on evidence from the Author's intent of the author. Some people think this is strong evidence that without divine intervention, language would have been lost over time.

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