Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 1:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 1:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 1:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to be the author of Genesis, this verse means that God made plants and trees, each with seeds to grow more of the same kind, and He thought it was good. It's like when you plant a seed and it grows into a tree that makes more seeds.

Genesis 1:12: And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

Contradiction with Genesis 2:5

Contradicts by indicating that no plant of the field or herb had yet grown because God had not yet sent rain nor was there a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:5: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.

Paradox #1

The contradiction is that plants, which depend on sunlight for photosynthesis, are described as being created before the sun. This conflicts with our scientific understanding that plants need sunlight to grow and produce energy.

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