Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 7:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 7:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 7:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told Noah to bring his family into the big boat because Noah was a good man and followed God's ways. God wanted to keep Noah and his family safe from the big flood coming to the world.

Genesis 7:1: And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:5

This verse emphasizes humanity's wickedness and evil nature, whereas Genesis 7:1 regards Noah as righteous and blameless among his people.

Genesis 6:5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. [every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires] [continually: Heb. every day]

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

States that there is none righteous, no, not one, contradicting the affirmation of Noah's righteousness in Genesis 7:1.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

Suggests no one is righteous and without sin, which contradicts the claim in Genesis 7:1 about Noah's righteousness.

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

Contradiction with Job 15:14-16

Argues that man cannot be pure or righteous, challenging the description of Noah in Genesis 7:1 as a righteous man.

Job 15:14-16: 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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