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A day is the amount of time it takes for a given planet turn once around its axis.
On Earth, a day is 24 hours. It can also be defined as 86,400 SI seconds.[1] According to the Biblical book of Genesis God created the heavens and the earth in six days, and rested on the seventh.[2] It should be noted that a day within the Bible is not always a 24 hour period. Sometimes, to God, a day is as a thousand years. [3] Also, the Hebrew word used for day in Genesis, yom, can also mean a longer, unspecified period of time. [4]
References
- ↑ The Astronomical Almanac
- ↑ Genesis 1:1-2:24
- ↑ Psalms 90:4, II Peter 3:8
- ↑ http://www.answersincreation.org/yom_hebrew.htm