Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 11:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 11:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 11:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Genesis, this verse tells us that Serug was the father of a man named Nahor when he was thirty years old. It's a way of showing the family tree and how people are connected.

Genesis 11:22: And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

Contradiction with Genesis 5:27

Genesis 5:27 states that Methuselah lived 969 years, which contradicts the decreasing lifespans illustrated in Genesis 11:22, where Serug lives 230 years, suggesting a shrinking lifespan over generations.

Genesis 5:27: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
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