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But, in Genesis 1, some amount of time is meant by it, in any case; no?
Wait, are you claiming to know that, in, say, Genesis 1:5, a 24-hour period cannot be/is not meant by it?
Would you say that not one, or more, 24-hour period(s) of time could come to pass until after God had made the greater light to rule the day?
But, you're more than happy to say that at least one period of time you'd call an "Aeon" could/did come to pass before God had made the sun, no?
Would you say that one "Aeon" is longer than one 24-hour period?
If one "Aeon" is a period longer than one 24-hour period, and no 24-hour period could have come to pass until after God had made the sun, then how could one, or more "Aeons" have come to pass until after God had made the sun?
I guess what I'm trying to get at is to learn why you think the fact of God's making the sun on the fourth day somehow debars days one, two, and three (at least) from being, each, a 24-hour period, but that, somehow, each of those days can be a period of some length other than 24 hours--just so long as they're not 24-hour periods.