What does the Bible say about the age of the earth?

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• 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.

• Genesis 1:1-31

  [1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. [3] God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. [4] God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day. [6] God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." [7] God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so. [8] God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day. [9] God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so. [10] God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good. [11] God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so. [12] The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. [13] There was evening and there was morning, a third day. [14] God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; [15] and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so. [16] God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. [17] God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth, [18] and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. [19] There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. [20] God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky." [21] God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. [22] God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." [23] There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. [24] God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so. [25] God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good. [26] God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." [27] God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them. [28] God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." [29] God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. [30] To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so. [31] God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

• Exodus 12:40

  Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.

• Exodus 20:11

  for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

• Genesis 5:1-32

  [1] This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness. [2] He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. [3] Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. [4] The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters. [5] All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died. [6] Seth lived one hundred five years, and became the father of Enosh. [7] Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters. [8] All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died. [9] Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan. [10] Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters. [11] All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died. [12] Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel. [13] Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters [14] and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died. [15] Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared. [16] Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters. [17] All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died. [18] Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch. [19] Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters. [20] All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died. [21] Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. [22] Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters. [23] all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. [24] Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. [25] Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech. [26] Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters. [27] All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died. [28] Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son, [29] and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed." [30] Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters. [31] All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died. [32] Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

• Hebrews 11:3

  By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

• Genesis 1:1

  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

• Genesis 2:3

  God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

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