Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 2:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 2:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 2:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God finished making the sky, the land, and everything in them. This means God completed all His work of creating the world.

Genesis 2:1: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Genesis 1:31 states that God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good, contrasting with Genesis 2:1 which implies the completion of the heavens and earth, suggesting a finiteness rather than ongoing creation.

Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:11

Exodus 20:11 indicates that God created the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them in six days and rested on the seventh, reinforcing the completion in Genesis 2:1 but suggesting rest rather than ongoing activity.

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.
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