Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 10:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 10:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 10:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, these are the families that came from Shem, and they speak different languages and live in different lands or countries. This means Shem's family grew big and spread out to many places.

Genesis 10:31: These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Contradiction with Genesis 11:1

States that "the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech," which contradicts the idea of diverse tongues and nations in Genesis 10:31.

Genesis 11:1: And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. [language: Heb. lip.] [speech: Heb. words]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:8

Describes how people were scattered over the face of the Earth during the Tower of Babel incident, detailing a different cause for the dispersion than listed in Genesis 10:31.

Genesis 11:8: So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Contradiction with Acts 17:26

States that God made all nations from one blood to dwell on all the face of the earth, which can contradict the idea of distinct and separate family languages and nations as described in Genesis 10:31.

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;
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