Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 21:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 21:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 21:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Abraham was very old, 100 years, when his son Isaac was born, showing that God can do amazing things. Christians believe this story shows how God kept His promise to Abraham and Sarah, even when it seemed impossible.

Genesis 21:5: And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

Contradiction with Genesis 18:11

This verse states that Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age, implying a contradiction regarding the timing of Isaac's birth.

Genesis 18:11: Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Contradiction with Genesis 17:17

Abraham laughed at the idea of having a son at the age of 100 years, showing skepticism about having a child at an old age, which contrasts with the realization in Genesis 21:5.

Genesis 17:17: Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Contradiction with Romans 4:19

This verse mentions that Abraham did not consider his own body now dead, contrasted with the emphasis on his age in Genesis 21:5, but underscores faith amidst age constraints.

Romans 4:19: And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:11

It emphasizes Sarah's faith to conceive despite her age, contrasting with the focus on Abraham's age in Genesis 21:5 as a delay concern.

Hebrews 11:11: Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
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