Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 1:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 1:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 1:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written Genesis, God made the world in six days, and on the fifth day, He finished creating more animals. This verse tells us that night turned into day, marking the end of another day of creation.

Genesis 1:23: And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:25

Explains the creation of living creatures on land occurs after the waters and skies were filled, differing from the specific focus on the fifth day in Genesis 1:23.

Genesis 1:25: And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

Contradiction with Genesis 2:7

Describes the creation of man as happening before plants, which contrasts the timeline given in Genesis 1:23 where man is not yet created.

Genesis 2:7: And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. [of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground]

Contradiction with Genesis 2:19

States that animals were formed after man, contradicting Genesis 1:23 where animals were created before man's creation.

Genesis 2:19: And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof. [Adam: or, the man]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:11

Declares that all creation was made in six days, which may not directly match the specific sequence order implied in Genesis 1:23.

Exodus 20:11: For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Contradiction with John 1:3

Indicates all things were made through the Word, providing a theological focus on creation differing from the sequence focus of Genesis 1:23.

John 1:3: All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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