What Does "Day" Actually Mean in Genesis 1? | Difficult Passages #25
Sean McDowell
apologetics
August 23, 2026
I asked Dr. Dominick Hernandez who teaches Old Testament at Talbot, to walk through what's actually at stake in Genesis 1. He lays out the main readings: six literal 24-hour days, longer determinate periods, and a framework view where the days function as an ordering structure rather than a measure of time.
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