Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 8:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 8:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 8:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that God made the earth dry again after the big flood. It was safe for Noah, his family, and the animals to leave the ark.

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

Contradiction with Genesis 7:24

This verse states that the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days, which might seem to contradict the timeline of events leading up to Genesis 8:14, where the earth is dry.

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

Contradiction with Genesis 8:4

It mentions the ark resting on the mountains of Ararat in the seventh month, suggesting a timeline inconsistency with the drying of the earth in the second month of the following year as stated in Genesis 8:14.

Genesis 8:4: And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Contradiction with Genesis 8:13

This verse notes that the waters were dried up from the earth, but does not explicitly mention it being completely dry until the following verse, which might appear slightly contradictory in terms of sequence.

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 9:11

It promises never again to destroy all flesh with a flood, which might be seen as contradictory to the necessity of full drying as described in Genesis 8:14.

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.
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