Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 7:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 7:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 7:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse means that Noah took all types of animals onto the ark, each one with its own kind, like different birds and all sorts of animals. God wanted to make sure every animal would be safe during the big flood.

Genesis 7:14: They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. [sort: Heb. wing]

Contradiction with Genesis 6:19

While Genesis 7:14 says animals went into the ark by twos, Genesis 6:19 specifies taking two of every sort.

Genesis 6:19: And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Contradiction with Genesis 7:2-3

Genesis 7:14 mentions all animals entering the ark, whereas Genesis 7:2-3 specifies seven pairs of clean animals and pairs of others.

Genesis 7:2-3: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female. [by sevens: Heb. seven seven]

Contradiction with Psalm 104:9

Genesis 7:14 involves the flood covering the earth, contradicting Psalm 104:9, which states that waters should not cover the earth again.

Psalm 104:9: Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Contradiction with Genesis 9:11

Genesis 7:14 describes the flood, while Genesis 9:11 promises no future flood to destroy all flesh.

Genesis 9:11: And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Contradiction with Job 38:8-11

Genesis 7:14 depicts a global covering of waters, whereas Job 38:8-11 describes limits set for the sea, preventing it from covering the earth.

Job 38:8-11: Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
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