Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 7:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 7:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 7:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the author of Genesis, this verse means that the floodwaters became very high and strong, covering the earth. Noah's big boat, the ark, floated on top of the water, keeping Noah and the animals safe.

Genesis 7:18: And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Contradiction with Genesis 8:1

God remembered Noah and the waters assuaged, whereas Genesis 7:18 describes the waters increasing and prevailing.

Genesis 8:1: And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Contradiction with Genesis 7:24

States the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days, while Genesis 7:18 speaks of continual increase and doesn't specify a timeframe.

Genesis 7:24: And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Contradiction with Genesis 8:3

Contradicts with the idea of the waters continually increasing as it describes the waters decreasing after 150 days.

Genesis 8:3: And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. [continually: Heb. in going and returning]

Contradiction with Job 38:8-11

Indicates God set boundaries for the waters, contrasting with Genesis 7:18's depiction of unrestrained waters prevailing.

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?

Contradiction with Psalms 104:7-9

Describes God rebuking the waters and setting boundaries, unlike Genesis 7:18 where waters freely prevail upon the earth.

Psalms 104:7-9: At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

Contradiction with Isaiah 54:9

References God's promise not to cover the earth with a flood again, in contradiction to the action described in Genesis 7:18 of waters covering the earth.

Isaiah 54:9: For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:6

Refers to the pre-flood world perishing, highlighting an end, whereas Genesis 7:18 speaks of ongoing conditions.

2 Peter 3:6: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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