Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:18

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According to the author of Genesis, Jared was 162 years old when he had a son named Enoch. Christians understand this as part of the family line that leads to important people in the Bible.

Genesis 5:18: And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

Contradiction with Genesis 5:21

Enoch's age when he begat Methuselah differs from Jared's age when he begat Enoch, showing a discrepancy in generational ages.

Genesis 5:21: And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: [Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:12

The age at which Arphaxad begat Salah after the flood contrasts with Jared's pre-flood generational context.

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

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:5

Enoch's translation into heaven challenges the generational continuity suggested by Jared's fatherhood in Genesis 5:18.

Hebrews 11:5: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 1:1

The summary of generations overlooks individual ages like Jared's, focusing instead on lineage names.

1 Chronicles 1:1: Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

Contradiction with Luke 3:37

The genealogy in Luke presents a broader ancestral context that contrasts with the detailed ages in Genesis 5.

Luke 3:37: Which was [the son] of Mathusala, which was [the son] of Enoch, which was [the son] of Jared, which was [the son] of Maleleel, which was [the son] of Cainan,
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