Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 1:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 1:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 1:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God made the land and called it Earth, and He gathered the waters and named them Seas. God thought what He made was very good.

Genesis 1:10: And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

Contradiction with Genesis 7:19-20

These verses describe the flood covering all the high hills under the whole heaven, which could be seen as contradicting the establishment of permanent separated lands and seas in Genesis 1:10.

Genesis 7:19-20: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that [were] under the whole heaven, were covered.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 4:23-28

These verses describe the earth returning to a formless and void state, seemingly contradicting the order and separation of land and sea established in Genesis 1:10.

Jeremiah 4:23-28: I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.
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