Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written Genesis, Enoch lived in a way that made God very happy, and he continued to do so for a very long time after he had a son named Methuselah. During this time, Enoch also had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Genesis 1:31 states that everything God made was very good, yet Genesis 5:22 implies a need for spiritual walking with God, suggesting imperfection or a need for correction.

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 Psalm 14:3

Psalm 14:3 suggests no one seeks God, contradicting Genesis 5:22 where Enoch did walk with God.

Psalm 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. [filthy: Heb. stinking]

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

Romans 3:23 states that all have sinned, contradicting the notion in Genesis 5:22 of Enoch walking with God, implying righteousness.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse states there is not a righteous man who does good and never sins, contradicting the notion in Genesis 5:22 of Enoch's close walk with God.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Matthew 19:26

Implies that walking with God like Enoch did is impossible for man, but Genesis 5:22 claims Enoch achieved this.

Matthew 19:26: But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
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