"Except that the word for day in Genesis 1 is 'yom ' and was understood to be a twenty-four hour day ."
"Nope . Yowm could be day ( a in opposed to night - thus only around 12 hours or so ) , it could be a 24 hour day , it could be days ( as in a lifetime ) , it could be just a general term for `` time `` or a `` period `` . It could also mean year . Yowm can be translated as each and every one of those . So your statement is false that it is `` understood `` to be that when it could just as easily be translated as one of the others ."
"Except that the word for day in Genesis 1 is 'yom ' and was understood to be a twenty-four hour day ."
"Nope . Yowm could be day ( a in opposed to night - thus only around 12 hours or so ) , it could be a 24 hour day ,"