Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, when Mahalaleel was 65 years old, he had a son named Jared. This shows the family tree of people from long ago.

Genesis 5:15: And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: [Jared: Heb. Jered]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:12

Contradicts by providing a different genealogy that doesn't mention Mahalaleel begetting Jared.

Genesis 11:12: And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

Contradicts the long lifespans mentioned in Genesis 5:15 by limiting man's age to 120 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.
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