http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/sabbath-week/was-creation-really-seven-daysThe Bible is not interested in conveying literal and chronological facts in its story of Creation. After all, the sun and the moon were not created until the fourth day, and it is specifically their movements which are the determinants for our 24-hour day. Beyond any doubt, then, yom (day) in the context of the seven days of Creation cannot mean a literal 24-hour day.
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Maimonides, in his Guide for the Perplexed, interprets all biblical stories until the advent of Abraham as allegories, whose purpose is to convey moral lessons
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And this certainly leaves the door open to maintain that One thousand (or one million) years in Your eyes is like one day [Psalms 90:4]. Each biblical day in the Creation story may well represent an epoch of thousands or millions or years.
I always liked how God created light on the first day, and the sun and stars (which make the light, and the 24-hr day) on day 4... That's quite a magic trick!
I also like how God created the plants on day 3, but the sun on day 4... poor staving plants...
God hates figs! (Also read Matthew 21:19... Jesus curses a fig tree)
If I were God... I'd probably create the sun, stars and light all at the same time... and then I'd create plants afterwards... but that's just me... perhaps I'm smarter than God... perhaps a 5th grader could tell you that you can't create light before stars... or plants before the sun