Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 1:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 1:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 1:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that God created the world in steps, and on the third day, He finished another part of His creation. It shows how God made sure everything was done in a special order, with day and night.

Genesis 1:13: And the evening and the morning were the third day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Genesis 2:5

Genesis 1:13 describes the end of the third day and mentions the existence of plants, while Genesis 2:5 states there were no plants yet, highlighting a contradiction in the order of creation.

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.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 1:13 is part of the timeline where Earth is being prepared for life, but Genesis 1:26-27 describes the creation of humans, suggesting a different timeline for life's appearance.

Genesis 1:26-27: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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