Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 9:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 9:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 9:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God promised Noah and all the animals that He would never flood the whole world again. God gave them a rainbow as a sign of this promise that would last forever.

Genesis 9:12: And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations:

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:10

Contradicts the Genesis 9:12 promise of a perpetual covenant with every living creature, as 2 Peter 3:10 speaks of the eventual destruction of the earth by fire.

2 Peter 3:10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:1

Introduces the creation of a new heaven and a new earth, which contrasts with Genesis 9:12's covenant with the current earth.

Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Contradiction with Isaiah 24:5-6

Mentions the earth being defiled and its inhabitants being punished, contradicting the everlasting covenant of peace in Genesis 9:12.

Isaiah 24:5-6: The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

Contradiction with Zephaniah 1:18

Predicts the earth being devoured by fire, opposing the assurance of continuity implied in Genesis 9:12.

Zephaniah 1:18: Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Contradiction with Matthew 24:35

States that heaven and earth will pass away, differing from the eternal covenant described in Genesis 9:12.

Matthew 24:35: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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