Hi,
If a day is not 24 hours then what is it?
Mankind is the human race and if you don't have both male AND female you don't have "mankind". If, as you believe, God created mankind in Gen 1 then why did he create a woman in Gen 2? If the male makes up "mankind" then what does a male and a female make?
Good question, and here's your answers. there are two definitions of ADAM. one of the First man and the second of "Mankind".
#1. Adam, H120 אָדָם 'adam (aw-dawm') n-m.
ruddy i.e. a human being (
an individual or
the species,
mankind, etc.).
[from H119]
KJV:
X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Root(s): H119
#2. Adam, H121 אָדָם 'Adam (aw-dawm') n/p.
1. (person) Adam the name of the first man.
2. (location) a place in Israel.
[the same as H120]
KJV: Adam.
Root(s): H120
Now as for a "DAY" in Genesis, Genesis 2:4 "These are
the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created,
in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens".
now what made me realize that a DAY in Genesis 1 is when he made the Sun. listen,
Genesis 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for
days, and
years". see that term "
days" that's the qualifier. looking at Genesis 2:4 H3117 יוֹם yowm (yome) a day can mean "age", but notice also it can be translated by the kjv as "continually" or "continuance". so if a "continuance" then the terms Day and Night are makers as to what was made "continually".
so Genesis 1:14 above, is
linear time, meaning
solar time (better know as 24hr time) which is measured by the rotation of the Earth and the sun shining. but notice also, here in solar time, it divided the day from the Night, but was not the day and the Night already divided? scripture,
Genesis 1:3 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:4 "And God saw the light, that it was good:
and God divided the light from the darkness. ******* notice that.
Genesis 1:5 "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
ok this was the FIRST DAY, well the sun was not made until the 4 Day ... for "
days", and for seasons and years. so a solar or 24hr day is a johnny come lately.... as late as Day #4
so again a 24hr solar day is not a God "DAY" in genesis chapter 1. now if you have something different please post it.
PICJAG.