Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 9:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 9:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 9:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse means that God was talking to Noah and his sons, telling them something important. It's like when a parent talks to their children to let them know something special or give them instructions.

Genesis 9:8: And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

Contradiction with Genesis 6:6

This verse shows God's regret in creating man, which contrasts with the renewed covenant and positive relationship with humanity in Genesis 9:8.

Genesis 6:6: And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Contradiction with Genesis 8:21

This verse states God will not again curse the ground anymore for man's sake, which contradicts with Genesis 9:8's broader context of establishing a covenant specifically in the aftermath of a destructive flood.

Genesis 8:21: And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. [a sweet...: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction] [for the imagination: or, through the imagination]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 18:8-10

Here, God speaks of changing intentions depending on human actions, which contrasts with the seemingly unconditional nature of the covenant initiated in Genesis 9:8.

Jeremiah 18:8-10: If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

This verse states that God does not repent or lie, conflicting with Genesis 6:6, which sets the stage for Genesis 9:8’s new covenant, where God had shown repentance.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Exodus 34:7

This verse discussing the punishment for iniquity across generations can seem in tension with a renewal of family and earth covenant found in Genesis 9:8.

Exodus 34:7: Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
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