But then, by this definition, the first three days in Genesis 1 cannot be solar days. The sun completed no circuits at all, not even a fraction of a circuit, during these earlier time segments. That is why, lacking the existence of the sun, an interpreter such as E. J. Young writes, “The length of the days is not stated.”8 But again, a commonsense reply is at hand. “No,” Bob says, “I did not mean that. I did not mean that the sun was literally there during the first three days, but only that the