“Day” in Gen. Ch. 1
Hebrew “Yom”
Used 4 Different Ways in OT by Moses
12-Hr Period – Gen. 1:5
“God called the light “day,” and the darkness he
called “night.” And there was
evening, and there was morning—the first day.“
24-Hr Period – Gen. 1:14
“And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of
the sky to separate the day
from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,…”
Entire Week – Gen. 2:4
"This is the account of the heavens and the earth
when they were created. In the
day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.“
1000 Years – Psm. 90:4
"For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that
has just gone by, or like a
watch in the night."