Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 10:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 10:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 10:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the author of Genesis, this verse tells us about Japheth's sons. They went on to have their own families and helped fill the earth with people.

Genesis 10:2: The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:28

This verse commands people to be fruitful and multiply across the earth, which could be seen as contradicting the listing of specific descendants in Genesis 10:2 without mention of divine command.

Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. [moveth: Heb. creepeth]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:9

Here, the people are scattered after Babel, contradicting the establishment of distinct nations in Genesis 10:2 suggested by order and lineage.

Genesis 11:9: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. [Babel: that is, Confusion]

Contradiction with Acts 17:26

Paul states that God made all nations from one man, implying a unity that could contradict the division into nations as listed in Genesis 10:2.

Acts 17:26: And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Contradiction with Genesis 46:26-27

Lists the number of Jacob's family entering Egypt, which contradicts the separate lines of descent in Genesis 10:2 through dispersion across different paths.

Genesis 46:26-27: All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls [were] threescore and six; [loins: Heb. thigh]
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