Biblically, "In the day" is a phrase that refers to a time period. not a specific moment in time, and not a specific 24 hour day. It is the equivalent of saying. "during that time" At least that is what I have seen in studying the Word. Do you agree?
“for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." - Genesis 2:17
Thus all the days that Adam lived
were 930 years, and he died. - Genesis 5:5
Either...
“in the
day” =
930 years...
or...
Die =
spiritual death.
Which one makes more sense?
Adams sin did not result in his
physical death directly.
Adam being kicked out of the garden denied him access to the “tree of life” and this resulted in him only living for
930 years instead of forever!
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil.
Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever-" therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. - Genesis 3:22-24
Genesis 2:17 is referring mainly to
spiritual death... and only
secondarily to
physical death in relation to access to the “tree of life”!
(See Rev 2:7, 22:2,14,19)