Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 11:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 11:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 11:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Peleg had a child named Reu when he was thirty years old. This verse helps us know the family tree and how people lived long ago.

Genesis 11:18: And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

Contradiction with Genesis 5:32

Lists Noah's sons before the flood, which contradicts the timing of family lineage because Genesis 11:18 addresses descendants after the flood.

Genesis 5:32: And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Contradiction with Genesis 10:1

Describes the generations of Noah's sons to establish nations, differing from the post-flood genealogical focus in Genesis 11:18.

Genesis 10:1: Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Contradiction with Genesis 9:19

States that Noah's sons repopulated the earth, not aligning chronologically or contextually with the specific genealogy initiated in Genesis 11:18.

Genesis 9:19: These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

Contradiction with Genesis 8:4

The ark rests on Ararat, marking an event before the genealogies described in Genesis 11:18.

Genesis 8:4: And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Contradiction with Genesis 7:7

Refers to Noah and his family entering the ark before the genealogical record of Genesis 11:18.

Genesis 7:7: And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Contradiction with Genesis 12:1

Begins Abraham's story, which logically and narratively diverges from the genealogy in Genesis 11:18 presenting Noah's descendants post-flood.

Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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