THE CREATION DAYS OF GENESIS: Were the Creation Days Literally 24 Hours Long?

In The Creation Days of Genesis, Edward D. Andrews argues for successive, extended creative periods while affirming the account’s inspiration and historical reliability. He examines the Hebrew word for day and the principal arguments for twenty-four-hour days. Further discussions address the meaning of earth, light and the heavenly luminaries, and the relationship between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. The book also considers the origin of life and the direct creation of Adam and Eve. It explains why extended creation days do not establish an evolutionary process.

Throughout the discussion, biblical statements are distinguished from inferences and proposed physical explanations. Scientific claims are considered according to the evidence actually supplied. An appendix examines the expressions “us” and “our” in Genesis 1:26. The reasoning remains accessible to pastors, teachers, students, and other interested readers. The aim is a clear understanding of what Genesis reveals about Jehovah’s creative work and what its language establishes concerning the creation days.