Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written the book of Genesis, Seth was a very old man when he had a son named Enos. This shows how people lived for a long time back then.

Genesis 5:6: And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: [Enos: Heb. Enosh]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:1

Contradicts with Genesis 5:6 as it suggests a different timeline for the generations and events leading to the building of Solomon’s temple.

1 Kings 6:1: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. [began...: Heb. built]

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

Contradicts with Genesis 5:6 by implying a limitation on human lifespan, while Genesis 5:6 lists long lifespans.

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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