Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written Genesis, Methuselah lived a very long time after he had a son named Lamech and had other children, too. People believe his long life shows how people lived a long time in those days.

Genesis 5:26: And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: [Lamech: Heb. Lemech]

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

Suggests God limits human lifespan to 120 years, contradicting the extended lifespans in Genesis 5.

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 is 70-80 years, differing from the much longer lifespans in Genesis 5.

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]
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