Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the man named Cainan lived a very long time, 840 more years, after he had a son named Mahalaleel and also had other sons and daughters. This means people in those times lived for many years and had big families.

Genesis 5:13: And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

Contradicts by limiting human lifespan to 120 years, whereas Genesis 5:13 implies a lifespan much longer than that.

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

States human lifespan as 70 or 80 years, contrasting the extended lifespan suggested in Genesis 5:13.

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 Hebrews 9:27

Indicates that humans die once and then face judgment, contrasting the repeated lifespans seen in Genesis 5.

Hebrews 9:27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:2

States a time to die, contrasting the extremely extended lifespan in Genesis 5:13.

Ecclesiastes 3:2: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted; [to be...: Heb. to bear]
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