Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 5:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 5:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 5:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the author of Genesis, Enos lived to be 90 years old and then had a son named Cainan. This verse is part of a list that shows how families grew and people lived a long time during this period.

Genesis 5:9: And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: [Cainan: Heb. Kenan]

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

This verse states that the days of man shall be 120 years, contradicting the long lifespans, like the 905 years lived by Enos, in Genesis 5:9.

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 Genesis 5:32

This verse records Noah having three sons at age 500, which seems unattainable with the shortened lifespan suggested by Genesis 6:3.

Genesis 5:32: And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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