There is strong scholarly and scriptural evidence that the days are indeed literal.

A. The use of a numerical adjective with the word “day” in Genesis 1 would limit it to a normal day.

B. The natural reading of the Genesis account would suggest it.

C. Moses believed it (Exod 20:11; 31:17).

D. Edward Young, an outstanding Hebrew scholar, believed it.

E. Benjamin Warfield, one of the great orthodox theologians of all time, believed it.

F. Departmental professors of Oriental language in nine leading universities were once asked, “Do you consider that the Hebrew word yom (day) as used in Genesis 1 accompanied by a numeral should properly be translated as (a) a day, as commonly understood, (b) an age, or (c) either a day or an age without preference?”

The nine universities polled were Oxford, Cambridge, London, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Toronto, McGill, and Manitoba. Of these, seven universities responded that it should be translated as a day as commonly understood.

G. As indicated by the genealogies found in Genesis 5 and 11. If evolution is correct and man is really a million years old, then we would be forced to allow a gap of 50,000 years between each name in these two chapters. Furthermore, if life itself is nearly 5 billion years old, then each day in Genesis 1 would have to stand for approximately 700 million years!