Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 19:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 19:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 19:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, God watched over Lot and helped him reach a safe place called Zoar just as the morning sun was shining. This shows that even in scary times, God can guide and protect good people.

Genesis 19:23: The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. [risen: Heb. gone forth]

Contradiction with Joshua 10:13

Describes the sun standing still for about a whole day, implying that days are not always fixed in length, unlike the clear transition of day seen in Genesis 19:23.

Joshua 10:13: And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. [Is] not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. [Jasher: or, the upright?]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:5

Suggests a continuous and predictable cycle of the sun rising and setting, contradicting the unique timing and events suggested around the sunrise in Genesis 19:23.

Ecclesiastes 1:5: The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. [hasteth: Heb. panteth]

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:8

Relates an instance where the sun moves backwards, questioning the constant nature of daytime transition depicted in Genesis 19:23.

Isaiah 38:8: Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. [sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun]

Contradiction with Revelation 21:25

States there will be no night, implying a contradiction to the natural day-night cycle indicated by the sunrise in Genesis 19:23.

Revelation 21:25: And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
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