Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 8:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 8:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 8:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted Noah to let all the animals out of the big boat so they could have babies and fill the earth with more animals. It was like starting fresh so the world could be full of life again.

Genesis 8:17: Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:22

Contradicts Genesis 8:17 by implying that the command to "be fruitful and multiply" was given earlier during the creation, not following the flood.

Genesis 1:22: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:11-13

Contradicts Genesis 8:17 by describing the earth as filled with violence and corruption, leading to the flood, whereas Genesis 8:17 speaks of repopulation and spreading life.

Genesis 6:11-13: The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Contradiction with Genesis 7:21-23

Contradicts Genesis 8:17 by describing the destruction of all living things on the earth, whereas Genesis 8:17 emphasizes proliferation and life beginning anew.

Genesis 7:21-23: And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:4

Contradicts Genesis 8:17 as it suggests an eternal, unchanging cycle ("the earth abideth forever"), which is different from the renewal and change implied in Genesis 8:17.

Ecclesiastes 1:4: [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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