Another significant difference between the two positions is how they read Genesis. Theistic evolutionists tend to subscribe to either the day-age theory or the framework theory, both of which are allegorical interpretations of the Genesis 1 creation week.
Tofauti nyingine kubwa kati ya misimamo hiyo miwili ni jinsi invyosoma kitabu cha Mwanzo. Mageuzi ya Uungu hujaribu kuungana na aidha nadharia ya siku-umri au nadharia mfumo, ambapo zote mbili ni hadidhi tafsiri la juma moja la uumbaji katika Mwanzo 1.