In the early 19th century, if you were a geologist and made a claim about the age of the Earth, you had to explain whether that was consistent or how it was or wasn't consistent with the age of the Earth implied by the account in Genesis.
No início do século XIX, se os geólogos falassem  sobre a idade da Terra, teriam que explicar se isso era consistente, com a idade da Terra implícita no relato do Génesis.