Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 2:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 2:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 2:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse tells about a river named Gihon that flows around a land called Ethiopia, which is also known as Cush. In simple terms, it's like a water stream that goes all around a big area far away.

Genesis 2:13: And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. [Ethiopia: Heb. Cush]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Genesis 1:31 describes everything as "very good," but Genesis 2:13 implies incompleteness or a need for further action by describing the river system specifically.

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 James 3:11

James 3:11 questions the ability of the same source to produce both fresh and bitter water, while Genesis 2:13 describes multiple rivers coming from a single river.

James 3:11: Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter? [place: or, hole]
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