Age Correlations and an Old Earth

Actually I believe that the way the bible was written is a compilation of expounding and then deeper expounding. You see this writing technic through out the scriptures. By this I mean for example in the beginning God made the heavens and earth. Then the writer backs up and explains in more detail. then backs up again and explains in further detail. To my understanding this was common style of writting in those days. As far as the length of a day being defined in scripture one indicator would be that God made plants before He made Solar energy. Keeping this in mind plants could certainly not exist for muliple 100s, 1000s or 10s of 1000s of years prior to the suns creation. Just thought I'd throw this tid bit in.