Yes, but if these events happened, or was made to seem to happen, then God had a reason or purpose, either way, and thus its explained in the same passage. Again, why does a God who is eternal and lives in ALL TIME at once need to hurry up the creation process when He is LIVING in the End results already?
The answer is He doesn't nor did he. Occam's Razor principle tells us to look for the simplest answer in every case before moving on. So, what does Yowm mean, has anyone here really studied it? I have.
Allow me to show what I mean as per how the word is used in various ways, then we can go from there
#3117 יוֹם yowm {yome}
from an unused root meaning T
O BE HOT; TWOT - 852; n m
—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2)
AS A DIVISION OF TIME
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days
, lifetime (pl.)
1d)
TIME, PERIOD (general)
1e)
year
1f)
temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow
—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
From an unused root meaning
TO BE HOT; a day (as the WARM HOURS), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next),
or figuratively (a SPACE OF TIME defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially):—
age, + ALWAYS, +
CHRONICLES, CONTINUALLY (-ance), daily, ([birth-], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder,
X end, + evening, + (for)
ever (-lasting, -more), X FULL,
life, as (so) long as (. . . live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, +
perpetually, presently, + remaineth,
X REQUIRED,
season,
X since, space, then,
(process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that),
X whole (+ age), (full) year (-ly), + younger.
—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)
#3117.
יוֹם
yom (398a); a prim. root; day:—
NASB - afternoon*(1), age(8),
age*(1), all(1),
always*(14), amount*(2), battle(1), birthday*(1),
Chronicles*(38), completely*(1),
continually*(14), course*(1), daily(22), daily the days(1), day(1115), day of the days(1), day that the period(1), day's(6), day's every day(1), daylight*(1),
days(635), days on the day(1), days to day(1), days you shall daily(1), days ago(1), days'(11), each(1), each day(4),
entire(2),
eternity(1), evening*(1), ever in your life*(1), every day(2), fate(1), first(5),
forever*(11),
forevermore*(1), full(5), full year(1), future*(1), holiday*(3), later*(2), length(1),
life(12), life*(1), lifetime(2), lifetime*(1), live(1), long(2), long as i live(1), long*(11), midday*(1), now(5), older*(1), once(2), period(3), perpetually*(2), present(1), recently(1), reigns(1), ripe*(1), short-lived*(1),
so long*(1), some time(1), survived*(2),
time(45), time*(1), times*(2), today(172), today*(1), usual(1),
very old*(1), when(10), when the days(1), whenever(1), while(3),
whole(2), year(10), yearly(5),
years(13), yesterday*(1).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
AV -
day 2008, time 64, chronicles + H1697 37, daily 32,
ever 17,
year 14,
continually 10, when 10, as 10, while 8,
full 8
always 4, whole 4, alway 4,
misc 44; 2274
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Some examples where this word us used in a different way BELOW: Notice it's always used as a PERIOD OF TIME of some sort.
2 Kings 17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for
evermore(YOWM); and ye shall not fear other gods.
Genesis 4:3 And in process of
time(YOWM) it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from
everlasting(YOWM).
Ezekiel 4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a
year(YOWM).
Exodus 13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from
year to year(YOWM).
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth(YOWM), seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they
continued a season(YOWM) in ward.
Joshua 24:7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a
long season(YOWM).
1 Kings 9:3 And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually(YOWM).
Genesis 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the
space(YOWM) of a month.
Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths,
as long(YOWM) as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Deuteronomy 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled
evermore(YOWM), and no man shall save thee.
Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments
always(YOWM), that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually(YOWM).
Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of
two full(YOWM) years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
CONTINUED..........