Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Enos lived for a very, very long time, almost 905 years! In the end, just like everyone else, he also died.

Genesis 5:11: And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

This verse suggests a lifespan of 120 years, contradicting Genesis 5:11, which depicts lifespans exceeding 900 years.

Genesis 6:3: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Contradiction with Psalm 90:10

Expresses that human lifespan is typically 70 to 80 years, conflicting with Genesis 5:11's account of much longer lifespans.

Psalm 90:10: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:26

Terah becomes a father at 70, whereas Genesis 5:11 suggests significantly later parental ages.

Genesis 11:26: And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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