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[Christy (Christy Hemphill)]

@J.E.S

That is a very interesting question, @cwhenderson, one that I have been pondering lately. Interestingly, Genesis 1 implies (as God first created light, and called the light day and the darkness night) that the time span of a day is set by God, and he created the sun and the heavenly bodies to mark it.

There are some thoughts on this in this other new thread, if you’re interested: Teaching Genesis Creation at U of Montana this fall - #4 by mtp1032

@mtp1032

For example, in Genesis 1:5 we first encounter the Hebrew word yom which means light and its counterpart layla means without light. The author is likely attempting to contrast his version of time as untethered to nature with the pagan conception of time as intimately bound to natural cycles.