Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 9:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 9:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 9:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse tells us that Noah lived a very, very long time, much longer than people do today, and then he passed away. It helps to show how people in the Bible times lived for many years.

Genesis 9:29: And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

Contradiction with Genesis 11:32

Terah lived seventy years before he begat Abram, suggesting a lifespan different from Noah's 950 years, illustrating a decrease in human lifespan.

Genesis 11:32: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

Contradiction with Psalm 90:10

States the typical lifespan as seventy to eighty years, which contradicts Noah's 950 years described in Genesis 9:29.

Psalm 90:10: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Mentions that the dead know nothing, contrasting with the emphasis on long lifespans like Noah's.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

States it is appointed for men to die once, then judgment; contrasts Noah's long life primarily predating these theological emphases on life and death.

Hebrews 9:27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Contradiction with James 4:14

Describes life as a vapor, fleeting and brief, which contrasts with the exceptionally long lifespan of Noah.

James 4:14: Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [It...: or, For it is]
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