It's stated very clearly what kind of time period is considered a day at the beginning of this story.
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
Iet's leave the "one day = millions of years" old earth reconciliation alone for this one, that one has flaws of it's own.
For the young earth creationist this creates a very interesting problem. The earth is a sphere, and while half of it is in day, the other half is in night. Now think about the poles of the earth... the tilt of the earth exposes these parts of land to sunlight and darkness for extended periods of time. A day near the poles, according to the biblical definition, can last for a few months!
It's clear to the educated (and critical) reader of Genesis that the authors believed the earth to be a flat landmass covered at first completely with water around which the sun travels. The Biblical "day" in this scenario works fine.
2007-01-31
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