Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 6:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 6:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 6:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Noah was special and God liked him very much when others were not doing good things. God chose to be kind to Noah because he was a good person.

Genesis 6:8: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This verse states that all have sinned, contrasting with Genesis 6:8, which suggests Noah found grace, implying he was righteous amidst a sinful world.

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

Contradiction with Psalm 14:3

This verse declares that there is none that does good, no, not one, which contradicts the portrayal of Noah finding grace due to righteousness in Genesis 6:8.

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 Ecclesiastes 7:20

It asserts there is not a just man on earth who does good and sins not, which seems contrary to the idea of Noah finding favor with God in Genesis 6:8 as if he were an exception.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

It claims all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, contrasting with the idea that Noah found grace and was somehow different or more righteous according to Genesis 6:8.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Job 15:14

It questions how man can be pure or righteous, contradicting Genesis 6:8 where Noah is implied to have found grace due to righteousness.

Job 15:14: What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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