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Genesis | Bible: Contradictions

Genesis: Contradictions

  1. When was heaven created? 1:1, 1:6-8
  2. The two contradictory creation accounts. 1:1-2:3, 2:4-25
  3. Who created heaven and earth? 1:1
  4. How long did creation take? 1:3-2:3, 2:4
  5. When did God divide light from darkness? 1:4-5, 1:16-19
  6. Were plants created before or after humans? 1:11, 2:4-7
  7. When were the stars made? 1:16-19
  8. From what were the fowls created? 1:20-21, 2:19
  9. From what were the animals created? 1:20, 2:19
  10. Were humans created before or after the other animals? 1:25-26, 2:7, 2:18-22
  11. How many gods are there? 1:26, 3:22, 11:7
  12. Was God satisfied with his creation? 1:31, 6:6-7,
  13. When was Eve created? 1:27, 2:20-22
  14. Did God originally create humans male and female? 1:27, 2:18-22
  15. Is childbearing sinful? 1:28
  16. May Adam eat from any tree? 1:29, 2:17
  17. Does God work on the Sabbath? 2:2-3
  18. Is marriage a good thing? 2:18
  19. Is wisdom a good thing? 3:6
  20. Doe God have a body? 3:8
  21. Does God know and see everything? 3:8, 4:14, 4:16, 11:5, 18:9, 18:17, 18:20-21, 22:12, 32:27
  22. Is everyone descended from Adam and Eve? 3:20
  23. Does God respect anyone? 4:4
  24. Does God desire animal sacrifices? 4:4, 8:20-21, 15:9-10
  25. What became of Cain? 4:12
  26. Was Enoch the sixth or seventh from Adam? 5:3-18
  27. Does everyone die? 5:24
  28. Did Enoch die? 5:24
  29. Has anyone ever ascended into heaven? 5:24
  30. Who was Noah's youngest son? 5:32, 6:10, 7:13, 9:18, 9:22-24, 10:1
  31. How many sons did God have? 6:2
  32. What is the human life span? 6:3, 9:29, 11:10-32, 25:7, 25:17
  33. Does God repent? 6:6-7
  34. Has there ever been a just person? 6:9
  35. Has there ever been a righteous person? 7:1
  36. To kill or not to kill 7:4
  37. When did Noah enter the ark? 7:7-10, 7:11-13
  38. How many animals of each kind did Noah take into the ark? 6:19-20, 7:2-3, 7:8-9, 7:15
  39. How long did the flood last? 7:17, 7:24, 8:3
  40. Did everyone die in the flood? 7:21-23
  41. How long was the ark afloat? 8:4-5
  42. When did the earth dry after the flood? 8:13-14
  43. Will God curse the earth? 8:21
  44. What kind of animals may we eat? 9:3
  45. Is it OK to eat blood? 9:4
  46. Are we punished for the sins of others? 9:20-25, 20:18
  47. How many languages were there before the Tower of Babel was built? 10:5, 20, 31, 11:1
  48. Who was the father of Salah? 10:24, 11:12
  49. Did God call Abraham before or after he moved to Haran? 11:31-12:4
  50. How old was Terah when he died? 11:26, 11:32, 12:4
  51. How old was Abraham when he left Haran? 11:26, 11:32, 12:4
  52. Is God the author of confusion? 11:7
  53. How old was Abram when Ishmael was born? 11:26, 11:32, 16:16
  54. Can God be seen? 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, 26:2, 26:24, 32:30, 35:1, 35:7, 35:9
  55. When was the city of Dan named? 14:14
  56. Who owns the earth? 14:19, 22
  57. How long was the Egyptian Captivity? 15:13
  58. What are the borders of Israel? 15:18
  59. How many sons did Abraham have? 16:15, 22:2, 22:12, 25:2
  60. Is circumcision required? 17:7, 17:10, 17:13, 17:19
  61. Is incest forbidden? 17:16, 20:12
  62. How old was Ishmael when he was abandoned by Abraham? 17:25, 21:14-18
  63. Did Sarah have faith that she would conceive? 18:10-15
  64. Is anything too hard for the Lord? 18:14
  65. Was Lot a righteous man? 19:8, 30-36
  66. Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah? 19:13, 19:24
  67. Did Lot's daughters think God had killed every man except Lot? 19:21-22, 30, 31
  68. Is incest forbidden? 19:30-36
  69. How many generations from Abraham to Moses? 21:1-3, 25:21-26, 35:23
  70. Is it OK to take oaths? 21:23-24, 24:2, 9, 31:53, 47:31
  71. Who named Beersheba? 21:31, 26:33
  72. Does God tempt people? 22:2
  73. Does God approve of human sacrifices? 22:2-13
  74. Did Abraham know God's name? 22:14
  75. Was Keturah Abraham's wife or concubine? 25:1
  76. Will there be many Jews? 26:4
  77. Who was Bashemath's father? 26:34, 36:2-3
  78. Who was Laban's father? 28:5, 29:5
  79. When did Jacob rename Luz to Bethel? 28:18-19, 33:18, 35:6-7
  80. Who was Anah? 36:2, 36:14, 36:20, 36:24
  81. Who was Timnah? 36:10-12
  82. Who was Korah's father? 36:14-16
  83. Who brought Joseph into Egypt? 37:28, 37:36, 39:1
  84. Where did Joseph's brothers find the missing money? 42:27-35, 43:21
  85. How old was Benjamin when his clan migrated to Egypt? 44:20, 22
  86. Was Mahli the son of Levi? 46:11
  87. How many descendants of Jacob and Leah went to Egypt with Jacob? 46:15
  88. Will God destroy those that intermarry? 46:20
  89. Who were the sons of Benjamin? 46:21
  90. Were Naaman and Ard the sons or the grandsons of Benjamin? 46:21
  91. How many were in Jacob's family when they came into Egypt? 47:27
  92. What were the twelve tribes of Israel? 49:3-27
  93. Where was Jacob buried? 50:13