I believe the first eleven chapters of Genesis just like I do John 3:16.

Many writers on Genesis have emphasized an allegorical approach to its meaning. This has been especially true of interpretations of the first eleven chapters. Expositors of liberal and neo-orthodox persuasion have rejected the historicity of these records, but have tried to salvage “theological” values from them by a spiritualizing interpretation. Thus, Adam is not considered to be a real person, but rather a symbolic representation of all men. The fall was not an actual act of disobedience by the first man and woman, but rather a figurative expression of the common experience of all men. And so on.

Such allegorical exegesis must, however, be rejected by serious Bible students. As already noted, the writers of the New Testament, and Jesus Christ Himself, accepted the Genesis record as literal history. It is arrogant and presumptuous for modern-day “scholars” to undertake to correct Christ and the apostles on this vital matter. There are no allegories in Genesis, unless the dreams interpreted by Joseph are so described. The symbols in these dreams, of course, represented real events, and were so interpreted by Joseph, coming to pass historically exactly as he had said.

 Henry M. Morris, The Genesis Record: A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Book of Beginnings (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1976), 30–31.