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What does the Bible say about the age of the earth?
Genesis does not give a date, and believers differ on how to read its days. The text's focus is on who made the world and why.
What Scripture says
Genesis 1:1
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
2 Peter 3:8
“But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
Psalm 90:4
“For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.”
Job 38:4
““Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.”
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