Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 11:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 11:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 11:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written the book of Genesis, Serug lived for a long time after having his son Nahor and had many more sons and daughters. This shows that people in those times could live for many years and have big families.

Genesis 11:23: And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

This verse suggests human lifespan is limited to 120 years, while Genesis 11:23 implies Serug lived up to 230 years after he became a father.

Genesis 6:3: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Contradiction with Psalm 90:10

This passage indicates the average human lifespan is 70 to 80 years, which contrasts with the extended lifespan mentioned in Genesis 11:23.

Psalm 90:10: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years]

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