Days of Creation

Day Means Day

Nobody has provided us with answers that point to anything but a traditional view of the original meaning. Anyone who says that a closer study of the Hebrew leads elsewhere is simply incorrect. The original intent is plain—a day was a day, from the very first miraculous day.

God Really Created Everything in Six Days?

If God created the world over millions of years, there would have been death before the Fall—hardly the definition of a “very good” creation. If the days of creation are really geologic ages of millions of years, then the gospel message is undermined at its foundation because it puts death, disease, thorns, and suffering before the Fall.

Is One Day Enough Time?

All of the activities described for each of the days of the Creation Week could easily have been accomplished within 12 hours of the respective days. It is only when one adds timing elements to the text that the sixth day seems to describe too many events.

Augustine and A Young Earth

Many old-earth proponents in the church today try to use the Christian theologian Augustine (AD 354–430) as a support for their belief in millions of years. But there is plenty of evidence that Augustine wasn’t an old-earther. Rather, he believed that God created everything in an instant.

Articles About Days of Creation

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Ken Ham Blog Entry
Misinterpreting Genesis: What Does “Day” Really Mean?

Jan. 13, 2026 from Ken Ham Blog
We seem to know what the word “day” means everywhere else in the Old Testament, but not in Genesis 1. Why is there a problem with Genesis 1?
Days Without a Sun?

Nov. 12, 2025
One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is about Genesis 1:3–3 and specifically, “What was the light source on days one through three if not the sun?”
What God Wrote About Creation Week

May 27, 2024
How Exodus 20:11 makes millions of years impossible
Magazine Article
Which Came First—The Chicken or the Egg?

Dec. 27, 2023 from Answers Magazine
Some questions don’t ever seem to get resolved. What about the age-old question: "What came first, the chicken or the egg"?
In-Depth Article
Exodus 20:11—An Insurmountable Stone Wall Against Adding Millions of Years to the Bible

Sept. 22, 2023 from Answers in Depth
God’s commentary on the Sabbath refutes all long-age theories.
Magazine Department Article
Dustup over Adam

Sept. 24, 2022 from Answers Magazine
Did God make Adam from dust? The answer is obvious, isn’t it?
Magazine Department Article
Six Reasons for a Literal Six Days

June 14, 2022 from Answers Magazine
How can we be sure the days of creation were six literal 24-hour days?
Magazine Department Article
Creation: The Longest Week Ever?

April 24, 2022 from Answers Magazine
For more than 200 years, Christians have been trying to reinterpret the six days of Creation in Genesis 1 to make them align with millions of years.
Book Chapter
Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days?

March 19, 2022 from The New Answers Book 1
The plain meaning of Genesis, how the "days" in Genesis 1 have been understood in church history & answering common objections to the historical reading of Genesis
Why Is a Week Seven Days?

March 2, 2022 from Answers in Depth
A biblical overview for why our week is only seven days, how the secular world explains it, and the benefits we enjoy from God’s ordained work-rest weekly pattern
Is the Seventh Day 24-Hours Long?

May 21, 2021
There are many objections to the days in Genesis 1 being 24 hours. Many old-earth creationists believe their “silver bullet” argument concerns the seventh day.
Augustine on the Days of Creation

Nov. 13, 2020 from Answers in Depth
Old-earthers claim Augustine as support for figurative interpretations of Genesis 1. But what did Augustine really say?
Magazine Article
Hebrew Scholars: 24-Hour Days in Creation

May 3, 2020 from Answers Magazine
The top Hebrew scholars all agree that the writer of Genesis 1 intended the word “day” to mean 24 hours. If they all agree . . . then why can’t we?
Feedback: Why Wasn’t Day Two Declared “Good”?

May 3, 2018 from Feedback
Unlike the other five days of creation week, God does not look over what he has made on day two and declare that it was “good.”
In-Depth Article
Did God Really Create Plants Before the Sun?

Sept. 22, 2017 from Answers in Depth
God created plants on Day Three of Creation Week, the day before he created the sun. How could this be, and what does this imply about the age of the earth?
Book Chapter
Religion and the Question of Origins

June 17, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
Is the evidence for evolution so overwhelming that teachers may be justified in running over the religious beliefs of many students and their parents?
In the Space of Six Days?

Aug. 2, 2016
The words in the space of six days came from John Calvin’s comments on Genesis. But was Calvin unclear about the length of the days of creation?
How the Apostle Peter Relates to the Age of the Earth Debate

June 1, 2016
The Apostle Peter understood Genesis to refer to a supernatural creation and global Flood which he used to counter the arguments of the scoffers in his time.
Whose Word Do You Tremble At?

Jan. 4, 2016 from Answers Update
Is it really necessary for AiG to be so adamant about the six days?
Magazine Department Article
Explain a Young Earth in Five Easy Steps

Jan. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
“Why make such a big deal about the age of the earth? It’s so divisive!”
Magazine Department Article
Four Ways to Destroy the Creation Account

Oct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Many Christians reject the straightforward, historical reading of the Genesis creation account simply because they believe it cannot be verified by science.
Feedback Article
Feedback: Operational Science and Light Without a Source

Oct. 25, 2013 from Feedback
Dr. Danny Faulkner answers questions about the light created on Day One and celestial objects on Day Four. Does belief in God violate operational science?
Feedback Article
I Dare You to Publish This

Jan. 25, 2013 from Feedback
In this week’s feedback article Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S. responds to someone who dared us to publish his comments about too many events allegedly happening on Day Six.
Why I Believe in 24-Hour Days

March 23, 2012
Learn why we should support a traditional, plain-language reading of Genesis 1 and 2.
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