Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 1:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 1:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 1:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God made lights in the sky, like the sun and the moon, so they can shine on the Earth. These lights help us see and tell time, like day from night.

Genesis 1:15: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:5

Genesis 1:5 describes "the first day" without mentioning the sun, moon, or stars, which are needed for lights in the firmament as described in Genesis 1:15.

Genesis 1:5: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:16-19

Genesis 1:16-19 explains the creation of the sun and the moon on the fourth day, which contradicts the implication of the presence of light before these sources in Genesis 1:15.

Genesis 1:16-19: And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also. [to rule the day...: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.]

Contradiction with Genesis 2:5

Genesis 2:5 implies there is no vegetation before the creation of man, contrasting with Genesis 1:15 where light in the firmament is created for days and plant growth.

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.
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