[aimhigh]

The Hebrew word used for day, in Genesis, has multiple meanings. There is no way to tell which meaning God meant, since the word day, (Yom), has multiple meanings.

This is why Genesis told us what God meant. "It was evening and morning, the first day."

[Kandy Atz]

Absolutely. No question its a 24 hour period. I don’t know how God could make it any clearer.

Genesis 1:5 (KJV)
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:8 (KJV)
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:13 (KJV) All plant life created here.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:19 (KJV) Sun created here.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23 (KJV)
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31 (KJV)
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

A better question to consider is what took place between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2? Why did the Earth BECOME formless, empty, covered in water - all forms of judgment.