Dear Nairalanders,

I know from the Bible that a man was created by God on a Friday and rested on Saturday (being the Sabbath). After the creation of man, God created Woman from the rib of a man after he made man fall into sleep. My question is that what day (specific) was a Woman created? The Bible did not tell us how long the man slept and what day did he wake up and no particular reference was made in Genesis to how many seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years the man slept and when he woke.

This was the question my Elder brother asked my Dad during a family meeting which made everyone burst into laughter but it was a very difficult question for even my dad to answer.

So, what's your take on the topic?

God created woman from the ribs of a man according to the Jewish mythology. . . . .Other cultures have their own different creation myths. . . .NEXT!

women were created on sunday that's why we re beautiful.

mazaje:

God created woman from the ribs of a man according to the Jewish mythology. . . . .Other cultures have their own different creation myths. . . .NEXT!

Guy how does rib issue concerns d day d woman was created?
I think it should be d same day.May be moslems can too can state their opinion on d same issue

Many consider the word “day” used in Genesis chapter 1 to mean 24 hours. However, in Genesis 1:5 God himself is said to divide day into a smaller period of time, calling just the light portion “day.” In Genesis 2:4 all the creative periods are called one “day”: “This is a history of the heavens and the earth in the time of their being created, in the day [all six creative periods] that the LORD God made earth and heaven.”

The Hebrew word 'yohm,' translated “day,” can mean different lengths of time. Among the meanings possible, William Wilson’s Old Testament Word Studies includes the following: “A day; it is frequently put for time in general, or for a long time; a whole period under consideration . . . Day is also put for a particular season or time when any extraordinary event happens.” This last sentence appears to fit the creative “days,” for certainly they were periods when extraordinary events were described as happening. It also allows for periods much longer than 24 hours.

Genesis chapter 1 uses the expressions “evening” and “morning” relative to the creative periods. Does this not indicate that they were 24 hours long? Not necessarily. In some places people often refer to a man’s lifetime as his “day.” They speak of “my father’s day” or “in Shakespeare’s day.” They may divide up that lifetime “day,” saying “in the morning [or dawn] of his life” or “in the evening [or twilight] of his life.” So ‘evening and morning’ in Genesis chapter 1 does not limit the meaning to a literal 24 hours.

“Day” as used in the Bible can include summer and winter, the passing of seasons. (Zechariah 14: 8 ) “The day of harvest” involves many days. (Compare Proverbs 25:13 and Genesis 30:14.) A thousand years are likened to a day. (Psalm 90:4; 2 Peter 3:8, 10) “Judgment Day” covers many years. (Matthew 10:15; 11:22-24) It would seem reasonable that the “days” of Genesis could likewise have embraced long periods of time—millenniums.

So, back to your question (@poster) Adam and Eve were created in the same "creative day" which could be years apart (not literal 24 hours day), remember Adam had being wondering about the animals being male and female as he was giving them name, but he was just alone, Bible account says: " So the man was calling the names of all the domestic animals and of the flying creatures of the heavens and of every wild beast of the field, but for man there was found no helper as a complement of him" - Genesis 2:20. Could all this happen in just a 24 hours day? No

Land animals, Adam and Eve were all created in the-same creative day which could be thousands of years in length, so the question of whether Friday, Saturday or Sunday does not arise.

TrueSeeker:

Many consider the word “day” used in Genesis chapter 1 to mean 24 hours. However, in Genesis 1:5 God himself is said to divide day into a smaller period of time, calling just the light portion “day.” In Genesis 2:4 all the creative periods are called one “day”: “This is a history of the heavens and the earth in the time of their being created, in the day [all six creative periods] that the LORD God made earth and heaven.”

The Hebrew word 'yohm,' translated “day,” can mean different lengths of time. Among the meanings possible, William Wilson’s Old Testament Word Studies includes the following: “A day; it is frequently put for time in general, or for a long time; a whole period under consideration . . . Day is also put for a particular season or time when any extraordinary event happens.” This last sentence appears to fit the creative “days,” for certainly they were periods when extraordinary events were described as happening. It also allows for periods much longer than 24 hours.

Genesis chapter 1 uses the expressions “evening” and “morning” relative to the creative periods. Does this not indicate that they were 24 hours long? Not necessarily. In some places people often refer to a man’s lifetime as his “day.” They speak of “my father’s day” or “in Shakespeare’s day.” They may divide up that lifetime “day,” saying “in the morning [or dawn] of his life” or “in the evening [or twilight] of his life.” So ‘evening and morning’ in Genesis chapter 1 does not limit the meaning to a literal 24 hours.

“Day” as used in the Bible can include summer and winter, the passing of seasons. (Zechariah 14: “The day of harvest” involves many days. (Compare Proverbs 25:13 and Genesis 30:14.) A thousand years are likened to a day. (Psalm 90:4; 2 Peter 3:8, 10) “Judgment Day” covers many years. (Matthew 10:15; 11:22-24) It would seem reasonable that the “days” of Genesis could likewise have embraced long periods of time—millenniums.

So, back to your question (@poster) Adam and Eve were created in the same "creative day" which could be years apart (not literal 24 hours day), remember Adam had being wondering about the animals being male and female as he was giving them name, but he was just alone, Bible account says: " So the man was calling the names of all the domestic animals and of the flying creatures of the heavens and of every wild beast of the field, but for man there was found no helper as a complement of him" - Genesis 2:20. Could all this happen in just a 24 hours day? No

Land animals, Adam and Eve were all created in the-same creative day which could be thousands of years in length, so the question of whether Friday, Saturday or Sunday does not arise.

Wow, Looks like you did a bit of research.

@Trueseeker, thanks for showering on some issues on here so that some people may understand the path of life

You are welcome, jcross22.
We are all nothing but student of Bible. Interpretation belong to God.

Just a brief digression from the topic how old was Adam when god created him? was he created as a baby, youth or as a fully grown man

No such detail in the book of genesis.The most probable answer is that his body was created fully grown,but his mind was still that of a new born baby.If one takes the myth literarily and seriously, that is.

IDINRETE:

Just a brief digression from the topic how old was Adam when god created him? was he created as a baby, youth or as a fully grown man

@trueseeker- quite interesting, no place in the bible state when women were created, all you did was analysis, the same way a satanist or anti christ can come up with similar analysis on the contrary

We can only know d day a man was created&d way God counts day isnt d same as we men do.A 1000yrs in Gods sight are like an evening or one day

Abu Zola:

@trueseeker- quite interesting, no place in the bible state when women were created, all you did was analysis, the same way a satanist or anti christ can come up with similar analysis on the contrary

Cant you read at all? The TrueSeeker has made it clear that it was the same creative day that Adam and Eve were created which does not mean a literally 24-hours day.

And Genesis Chapter One shed more light on that by saying man and woman were created in the sixth days.

Thank u very much, you also clear my doubt that it is trueseeker that said so and not the bible. So why is the bible silent about woman's creation ?

Abu Zola:

Thank u very much, you also clear my doubt that it is trueseeker that said so and not the bible. So why is the bible silent about woman's creation ?

Abu or what is your name?
Is Genesis not part of Bible again? Genesis the first book of Bible says Man and Woman were created in the sixth day at the first Chapter. I hope you can now understand it.
But that sixth day is a length period that is more than 24 hours day.

Where did the bible say man and woman, plz show me maybe i need an optician

@Abuzola

"And God proceeded to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them." Genesis 1: 27

And what about the Day ?