Addressing the OP only. I see nothing wrong in what God was doing in tranforming lifelessness to life fulness. this is actual creation in Progress. but I believe what you might be worrying about is the the lenght of time in a day, which he created everything. which can, without knowledge seems to promote evolutionary ideas, (which are promoted by man knowledge). to me here, God Got it right, Godly evolution is the process (of creation) by which different kinds of living organisms are believed to have developed from God created force, (himself), and not from earlier forms, (which is man evolution). the key here is God is the source of all "LIFE".
that's the diffrence for me when it comes to evolution, Godly evolution vs man evolution. for God is a God of ORDER. and all things is of him. supportive scripture, John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made".
and God did everything in ORDER. so don't worry to much about man's evolution. he is a Johnny come lately and slap a lable on what has already done. which is his charge, but there is a true science, and a false science which the bible speak of. NT, 1 Timothy 6:20 "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called".
OT, Daniel 1:3 "And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
Daniel 1:4 "Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
God is an intelligence God, for all the true science is of God and Genesis have a full book of true science. so don't worry about "words", just have the knowledge of God to understand the "TRUTH".
PICJAG.