Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 8:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 8:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 8:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the dove coming back with a leaf meant to Noah that the flood was ending and the land was drying up. This showed hope that they could soon leave the ark and live on the earth again.

Genesis 8:11: And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Contradiction with Genesis 9:11

Contradicts by mentioning God's covenant to never flood the earth again, suggesting the flood of Genesis 8:11 was the only one.

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 Isaiah 54:9

Assures that God's wrath won't be like the flood again, implying a unique event differing from the renewal in Genesis 8:11.

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

Mentions perishing by flood, emphasizing a historical event while Genesis 8:11 focuses on renewal.

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

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