1. I tend to believe that the Greek is not inferior to the Hebrew, and the earliest date possible from combining the information in the two versions is the best date to use. I do not believe at this point it is possible to get the exact year of creation, or the flood, so all ancient years are approximations.

2. The earliest archeological evidence of written language dates back to about 6600 BC, from China. I believe those examples, found on tortoise shells, have been incorrectly dated as too early, or aren’t writing at all, or are a deception. They are the exception to the rule. The next earliest record of writing dates to around 4000 BC, which would be within the time period after a Young Earth creation. The point is that there is no proof of humanity before proof of writing. As would be expected with a young Earth and literal reading of Genesis, the earliest found evidence of writing dates to after 5500 BC, which is about when the world was created. The majority of early writing generally dates to after 3500 BC, around the time of the Flood. Radiocarbon dating is not exact, and neither are the dates we can glean from scriptures. But they are close enough to fit in correctly with each other.

3. When God had Moses write the first 5 books of the Bible, and give those books to the people of Israel, God was honest with His people. He meant what He said. At the time, those books, especially Genesis, were all God’s people had as the Holy Scriptures. God did not lie to his people. Gap theory is based off of books of the Bible which were written later, and based off of making room for evolution, an incorrect theory that was invented much later. God made things clear to Israel, God did not lie, and God did not deceive. Genesis was the only book He gave them which dealt specifically with creation. As such, Genesis must stand alone in its interpretation. Using passages from later books of the Bible to add additional material to Genesis is the same thing as saying God lied to his people Israel. God made creation clear to them, and He makes it clear to us also. Genesis stands alone as the truth given about creation, and it must stand alone, and must be weighted with primary importance in studies of creation. And that being said, all later pieces of scripture that seem to support Gap Theory can in fact be reconciled with a Young Earth interpretation of Genesis, as I will attempt to demonstrate in the following chapters.