In anwser to OP’s Question on how to “read Genesis”. Read it as a revelation that was given as visions.
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Take the Spirit of God hovering over the surface of the waters to refer to the POV (Point of View = “Sea Level”) for the subsequent narrative. The universe is created in the 1:1. The rest deals with our solar system.
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Take the story as explaining the origins of modern “kinds” of organisms (plants, fish, birds (remeber that dinosaurs=birds!), mammals, humans) in the order the first of their kinds evolved (the order is exactly correct).
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Similarly, take the story as giving the origins of the stars, sun, moon, and light/dark AS they appear to the POV observer on “the surface of the waters”. “Let there be light” is solar ignition. But note that because of perpetual overcast (like Venus today) on the early earth, the sun and moon do not become visible to the observer until AFTER the plants have removed large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Read the “days” as poetic/organizational divisions and not literal 24 hour earth-days.
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Read the “second” creation story in chapter 2 as confirmation that humans were the end-goal of evolution. Consider that when abiogenisis and evolution are taken into account, science confirms that man was created “from dust”. (Also, perhaps Eve coming from Adam’s rib could be a reference to inbreeding among the first humans, in addition to it’s symbolic significance. Consider that the final mutation granting humanity would result in only one “first” human, who would have to breed with his mother’s kind to produce a human daughter which he could then marry. Admittedly I’m really reaching for this last point.)
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Realize that the fact that EVERY SINGLE event is in EXACTLY the right scientifically correct order when read with the above simple assumptions is a powerful witness to the truth of the bible, and that as a OEC you are essentially rejecting this witness and shooting yourself in foot.