Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 8:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 8:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 8:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us that after a long time on the ark, the flood waters dried up, and Noah could finally see the land again. It was like a new start for Noah and his family.

Genesis 8:13: And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Contradiction with Genesis 7:24

Genesis 8:13 states the waters had dried up, but Genesis 7:24 mentions the waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days, which might be seen as conflicting timelines.

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

Contradiction with Genesis 8:3

Genesis 8:13 notes the earth was dry, while Genesis 8:3 suggests the waters were receding continually which might imply they were not fully dried yet.

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 Genesis 8:14

Genesis 8:13 says the earth was dried, but Genesis 8:14 implies the drying was completed only later on the second month and twenty-seventh day.

Genesis 8:14: And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

Contradiction with Genesis 9:1

Genesis 8:13 indicates the earth was dry as Noah could remove the covering, but Genesis 9:1 establishes God blessed Noah and his sons after they were already on dry land which might indicate a subsequent completion process.

Genesis 9:1: And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Contradiction with Genesis 18:27

Genesis 8:13 says the earth was dry, while Genesis 18:27 has Abraham referring to himself as dust and ashes, which is metaphorical but contrasts with the condition of the earth.

Genesis 18:27: And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:
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