Genesis sets out the story of creation as taking place over six days. On the seventh day it says God rested. It outlines what God created on each day and it says that God was pleased with what he ...

“The Creation” explores the six days of genesis from this first light to the worm (showing Haydn’s well-known sense of humor with “slimy music”) to Adam and Eve singing a love duet ...

That wasn’t going to “work” if Genesis continued to be interpreted as plain historical narrative, with creation in six days and a worldwide flood. A workaround of Genesis was needed.