bullethead
Of the hard cast variety
So your post was assertive guesses?Ah! Sorry if I made my statements to mean 6,000 yrs. It was not my intent. As far as man in concerned a 6 day creation works or 60 billion yrs. Regardless creation is accounted for in human terms ( narrative) only after man is created.
I don't know who did the editing... probably some smart individuals who could compile more than one first source account of creation into a one account. Or they compiled the accounts of two cultures into one, who's accounts had a solid history. More than not they were also allied to the spirit of God. I mean, they were not atheist studying creation stories simply for academic value. Simply they compiled their account of a monotheistic God and a type of man in league from a world with many different gods, some indifferent to man.