Does the Bible have contradictions? Or, are they mere difficulties that are cleared up when the context is examined? This list of supposed contradictions are answered by context, logic, and cross-referencing for clarity. There are no Bible contradictions.
Introduction
Genesis
- 1 & 2, Don’t Genesis 1 and 2 present contradictory creation accounts?
- 1:26, How many Gods are there, one or many?
- 3:9, Doesn’t God saying, “Adam where are you?” show God didn’t know something?
- 3:16, God multiplies the pain of women in childbearing
- 3:22, How many Gods are there, one or many?
- 4:17, Where did Cain get his wife?
- 5:1-31, Did people really live hundreds of years according to Genesis?
- 5:24, Did anyone ascend into heaven before Jesus or not?
- 6:2, 5, Who were “sons of God” in Genesis 6?
- 6:6, 7, Does the Lord change or not?
- 6:19-20, How many kinds did Noah bring into the ark, two or seven?
- 7:1, Have all people sinned or not?
- 7:2-3, How many kinds did Noah bring into the ark, two or seven?
- 10 & 11, Does Genesis contradict itself regarding when human languages divided?
- 11:8-9, If God is not the author of confusion, what about the Tower of Babel?
- 17:1, Has anyone seen God or not?
- 18:1, Has anyone seen God or not?
- 19:8, Why did Lot give his daughters to the crowd of men?
- 22:1, Does God tempt people or not?
- 22:1-2, Why did God tell Abraham to kill his son Isaac?
- 22:2, How many children did Abraham have, one or two?
- 37:28, Who purchased Joseph, the Midianites, or the Ishmaelites?
- 37:36, Who purchased Joseph, the Midianites, or the Ishmaelites?
- 38:9, Why did God kill a man for spilling his seed on the ground?
- 39:1, Who purchased Joseph, the Midianites, or the Ishmaelites?
- 47:31, Did Jacob worship at the head of the bed or leaning on a staff?
Exodus
- 6:2-3, Has anyone seen God or not?
- 9:1-7, Did all of Egypt’s livestock die or not?
- 9:18-21, Did all of Egypt’s livestock die or not?
- 15:3, Is the Lord a God of peace or of war?
- 20:4-5, Should you make graven images or not?
- 20:5, Do the sons bear the sins of the fathers or not?
- 20:8, Should we keep the Sabbath or not?
- 20:12, Can we call anyone “father” besides God, including our parents?
- 20:24, Did God speak about sacrifices or not at the Exodus?
- 21:20-21, A slave is property?
- 22:2-3, why does the presence of the sun make a difference in killing someone?
- 23:12, Should we keep the Sabbath or not?
- 24:9-11, Has anyone seen God or not?
- 25:18, Should you make graven images or not?
- 31:15, Should we keep the Sabbath or not?
- 32:14, Does the Lord change or not?
- 33:20, Has anyone seen God or not?
- 34:6-7, Do the sons bear the sins of the fathers or not?
- 37:7-8, Should you make graven images or not?
Leviticus
- 11:5-6, Do the badger and rabbit chew the cud?
- 11:13-19, Is a bat a bird?
- 25:44, You may buy slaves?
- 26:1, Should you make graven images or not?
- 26:2, Should we keep the Sabbath or not?
Numbers
- 12:6-8, Has anyone seen God or not?
- 15:32, Why was a man killed for gathering sticks on the Sabbath?
- 22:20-24, Why was God angry with Balaam for going with the Moabites?
- 23:19, Can Jesus be God if God is not a man (Numbers 23:19)?
- 31:15-18, Why would God order the destruction of women and children?
- 31:17-18, Why were only the virgins left alive among the Midianites?
Deuteronomy
- 2:32-33, Why did the Israelites destroy cities and kill all of the people inside?
- 5:8, Should you make graven images or not?
- 5:9, Do the sons bear the sins of the fathers or not?
- 5:12, Should we keep the Sabbath or not?
- 6:4, Does the Shema, disprove the Trinity?
- 6:4, How many Gods are there, one or many?
- 17:1, Don’t sacrifice an animal with a blemish
- 21:18-21, Stone a rebellious son
- 22:5, Women should not wear men’s clothes
- 22:13-21, Stone a woman for not being a virgin?
- 24:16, Do the sons bear the sins of the fathers or not?
- 27:15, Should you make graven images or not?
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