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RE: Were the seven days of creation in Genesis seven twenty four hour periods? - Some conclusions
its obviously an allegory. if god is all powerful and omnipotent it wouldnt take 1 second of time. think about it. "on the 7th day he rested." why would god need rest? was the creation of all this such a task to something so allegedly powerful that he had to take a break after working for 6 days? none of it makes sense because none of it is truth in a literal sense. Also, to add to that, the concept of a full week with 7 days came waaaaaay after. We went by moon cycles up until babylon when they added the 7 day week plan. babylon is post the genesis story.
Exactly, its a simple narrative in a simple way that non scientific peoples would identify with, the details are fuzzy because its not intended to be a scientific paper on the matter but is intended to convey a far more important and deeper message. At least one of those is that of the Sabbath day.
Yup, some cultures had 4 day week other 5 etc. the Babylonians likely picked up the 7 day week, if they took it seriously, via Daniel which would put that at around 600BC. They had the eclipse or Saros cycle figured out before that.