Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Lamech lived for many years after he had his son Noah, and during this time, he had more sons and daughters. It shows how people lived long lives and had big families in those days.

Genesis 5:30: And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

This verse states that man's days shall be 120 years, contradicting the long lifespans described in Genesis 5, including Noah's father Lamech living for 777 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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