I wonder if the use of the term multiply indicates more than God creating the first of each kind in a 24 hour day, but that said creatures multiplied in said day, indicating "Day" meant a period of time longer than 24 hours? 1:20God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky." 1:21God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. 1:22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." 1:23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Lewis To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 6:32 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Adam and Eve Hi Philip, Your reference to Jesus' first miracle - changing water into wine is interesting because the Steward noticed that it was the best wine. I imagine that the best wine in those days, as it is today, would be quite old. Therefore when Jesus created it he gave it the appearance of age. Therefore the same would go for for everything that God created in the first six days. The appearance of age. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Phillip Stott To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 1:32 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Adam and Eve Sorry Allen, I think you must have a "wild" translation of Genesis. Until the third day the only physical material mentioned is water. Land did not put in any sort of appearance until the waters above and the waters below had been separated by the firmament of the heavens ("space" in today's parlance). I take it that the land was made out of the water (which 2 Peter 3 seems consistent with). Interesting parallel with Jesus' first miracle - start with water and end up with something a bit more complex! Blessings Philip Stott