Dear Elaine,
This is the easiest question for me to answer. I have been studying Biblical Hebrew for 45 years. I taught Biblical languages (Hebrew and Greek) for about 2o years. I made research and taught Biblical Exegesis for 23 years. I am an active member of the Romanian Interfaith Bible Society. I am acquainted with the nuances of each Hebrew term and syntax of Genesis 1-2. Most theological problems are caused by extrabiblical factors. There are also factors related to how one understands the principle of divine inspiration. I am not a fundamentalist / literalist / inerrantist. However, I must acknowledge that after all, Genesis one cannot be honestly interpreted in an evolutionary manner. One must choose between Bible or evolution. A careful analysis of the text allows a deep time for the universe and for the planet (minerals), but our world, as it is seen, especially the biosphere was created in one week, some millenia ago, as Genesis implies.