Interpretation of Genesis
Day-age creationists differ from young Earth creationists in how they interpret a number of crucial Hebrew words in Genesis, and thus how they interpret the genealogies and creation account contained in it.
They point out that the Hebrew words for father ('ab) and son (ben) can also mean forefather and descendant, respectively, and that the Biblical scripture occasionally "telescopes" genealogies to emphasize the more important ancestors. This, they argue, renders genealogically-based dating of the creation, such as the Ussher chronology, to be inaccurate.
They admit that yom can mean a 24 hour solar day, but argue that it can refer to an indefinitely long period of time. It is in this sense that the word, day-age creationists say, is employed in Genesis 2:4, with a "day" of God's total creation taking place in the course of "days" of creation.
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