I thought there were no inaccuracies in the Bible? (these are just from Genesis alone!) Can you explain them?

Question

GE 1:3-5 On the first day, God created light, then separated light and darkness.
GE 1:14-19 The sun (which separates night and day) wasn't created until the fourth day.

GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.
GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created.

GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created.

GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created.

GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.
GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later.

GE 1:28 God encourages reproduction.
LE 12:1-8 God requires purification rites following childbirth which, in effect, makes childbirth a sin. (Note: The period for purification following the birth of a daughter is twice that for a son.)

GE 1:31 God was pleased with his creation.
GE 6:5-6 God was not pleased with his creation.
(Note: That God should be displeased is inconsistent with the concept of omniscience.)

GE 2:4, 4:26, 12:8, 22:14-16, 26:25 God was already known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) much earlier than the time of Moses.
EX 6:2-3 God was first known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) at the time of the Egyptian Bondage, during the life of Moses.

GE 2:17 Adam was to die the very day that he ate the forbidden fruit.
GE 5:5 Adam lived 930 years.

GE 2:15-17, 3:4-6 It is wrong to want to be able to tell good from evil.
HE 5:13-14 It is immature to be unable to tell good from evil.

GE 4:4-5 God prefers Abel's offering and has no regard for Cain's.
2CH 19:7, AC 10:34, RO 2:11 God shows no partiality. He treats all alike.

GE 4:9 God asks Cain where his brother Able is.
PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

GE 4:15, DT 32:4, IS 34:8 God is a vengeful god.
EX 15:3, IS 42:13, HE 12:29 God is a warrior. God is a consuming fire.
EX 20:5, 34:14, DT 4:24, 5:9, 6:15, 29:20, 32:21 God is a jealous god.
LE 26:7-8, NU 31:17-18, DT 20:16-17, JS 10:40, JG 14:19, EZ 9:5-7 The Spirit of God is (sometimes) murder and killing.
NU 25:3-4, DT 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21, PS 7:11, 78:49, JE 4:8, 17:4, 32:30-31, ZP 2:2 God is angry. His anger is sometimes fierce.
2SA 22:7-8 (KJV) "I called to the Lord; ... he heard my voice; ... The earth trembled and quaked, ... because he was angry. Smoke came from his nostrils. Consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it."
EZ 6:12, NA 1:2, 6 God is jealous and furious. He reserves wrath for, and takes revenge on, his enemies. "... who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and rocks are thrown down by him."
2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is love.
GA 5:22-23 The fruit of the Spirit of God is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

GE 4:16 Cain went away (or out) from the presence of the Lord.
JE 23:23-24 A man cannot hide from God. God fills heaven and earth.

GE 6:4 There were Nephilim (giants) before the Flood.
GE 7:21 All creatures other than Noah and his clan were annihilated by the Flood.
NU 13:33 There were Nephilim after the Flood.

GE 6:6. EX 32:14, NU 14:20, 1SA 15:35, 2SA 24:16 God does change his mind.
NU 23:19-20, IS 15:29, JA 1:17 God does not change his mind.

GE 6:19-22, 7:8-9, 7:14-16 Two of each kind are to be taken, and are taken, aboard Noah's Ark.
GE 7:2-5 Seven pairs of some kinds are to be taken (and are taken) aboard the Ark.

GE 7:1 Noah was righteous.
JB 1:1,8, JB 2:3 Job was righteous.
LK 1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous.
JA 5:16 Some men are righteous, (which makes their prayers effective).
1JN 3:6-9 Christians become righteous (or else they are not really Christians).
RO 3:10, 3:23, 1JN 1:8-10 No one was or is righteous.

GE 7:7 Noah and his clan enter the Ark.
GE 7:13 They enter the Ark (again?).

GE 11:7-9 God sows discord.
PR 6:16-19 God hates anyone who sows discord.

GE 11:9 At Babel, the Lord confused the language of the whole world.
1CO 14:33 Paul says that God is not the author of confusion.

GE 11:12 Arpachshad [Arphaxad] was the father of Shelah.
LK 3:35-36 Cainan was the father of Shelah. Arpachshad was the grandfather of Shelah.

GE 11:16 Terah was 70 years old when his son Abram was born.
GE 11:32 Terah was 205 years old when he died (making Abram 135 at the time).
GE 12:4, AC 7:4 Abram was 75 when he left Haran. This was after Terah died. Thus, Terah could have been no more than 145 when he died; or Abram was only 75 years old after he had lived 135 years.

GE 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, 26:2, 32:30, EX 3:16, 6:2-3, 24:9-11, 33:11, NU 12:7-8, 14:14, JB 42:5, AM 7:7-8, 9:1 God is seen.
EX 33:20, JN 1:18, 1JN 4:12 God is not seen. No one can see God's face and live. No one has ever seen him.

GE 10:5, 20, 31 There were many languages before the Tower of Babel.
GE 11:1 There was only one language before the Tower of Babel.

GE 15:9, EX 20:24, 29:10-42, LE 1:1-7, 38, NU 28:1-29, 40 God details sacrificial offerings.
JE 7:21-22 God says he did no such thing.

GE 16:15, 21:1-3, GA 4:22 Abraham had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac.
HE 11:17 Abraham had only one son.

GE 17:1, 35:11, 1CH 29:11-12, LK 1:37 God is omnipotent. Nothing is impossible with (or for) God.
JG 1:19 Although God was with Judah, together they could not defeat the plainsmen because the latter had iron chariots.

GE 17:7, 10-11 The covenant of circumcision is to be everlasting.
GA 6:15 It is of no consequence.

GE 17:8 God promises Abraham the land of Canaan as an "everlasting possession." GE 25:8, AC 7:2-5, HE 11:13 Abraham died with the promise unfulfilled.

GE 17:15-16, 20:11-12, 22:17 Abraham and his half sister, Sarai, are married and receive God's blessings.
LE 20:17, DT 27:20-23 Incest is wrong.

GE 18:20-21 God decides to "go down" to see what is going on.
PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

GE 19:30-38 While he is drunk, Lot's two daughters "lie with him," become pregnant, and give birth to his offspring.
2PE 2:7 Lot was "just" and "righteous."

GE 22:1-12, DT 8:2 God tempts (tests) Abraham and Moses.
JG 2:22 God himself says that he does test (tempt).
1CO 10:13 Paul says that God controls the extent of our temptations.
JA 1:13 God tests (tempts) no one.

GE 27:28 "May God give you ... an abundance of grain and new wine."
DT 7:13 If they follow his commandments, God will bless the fruit of their wine.
PS 104:5 God gives us wine to gladden the heart.
JE 13:12 "... every bottle shall be filled with wine."
JN 2:1-11 According to the author of John, Jesus' first miracle was turning water to wine.
RO 14:21 It is good to refrain from drinking wine.

GE 35:10 God says Jacob is to be called Jacob no longer; henceforth his name is Israel.
GE 46:2 At a later time, God himself uses the name Jacob.

GE 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
GE 36:15-16 Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz.
1CH 1:35-36 Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

GE 49:2-28 The fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin.
RE 7:4-8 (Leaves out the tribe of Dan, but adds Manasseh.)

GE 50:13 Jacob was buried in a cave at Machpelah bought from Ephron the Hittite.
AC 7:15-16 He was buried in the sepulchre at Shechem, bought from the sons of Hamor.

Answer 1

and your point is?

Answer 2

Good question .... The question you may want to ask is are the inaccuracies of man or of God?

There are some that clam that the Bible has no inaccuracies, as you have noted that is simply not true. Does that mean it is not the word of God? No. It means it is not a perfect work.

I believe the Bible to be the word of God ... as far as it has been translated correctly. The truth is that the Bible has been translated many times from the original Hebrew and Greek. I do not know the exact line of translation, however I know that it was translated into Latin, German and others before English.

The NIV is a pretty good translation of the Bible, but some could argue that updating the language from the KJV to NIV the old English to a more modern English may have changed the meaning or nuances contained in the KJV. That may be true. Just an example.

Regardless the over all question is still is it of God or of Man.

The Bible in my opinion is of God, careful study and prayer are required when you truly study the Bible. If you are sincere you will find the truth.

I will not take the time to answer each instance you have mentioned, it is a bit overwhelming. However saying what I have, not all your examples fit the translation issues.

For example the whole wine issue. you need to know if you are talking about old wine (the strong stuff) or new wine (simply grape juice). Both are identifed as wine in the scriptures.

Anyway, as I have mentioned before I think the issues are with Man not with God.

Answer 3

You have way too much for me to respond here, but I'll answer the first few, and maybe some others can answer a few.

As for the day and night. All you need is a light source coming from one direction, and a rotating Earth to produce that. Revelation says that the new Heaven and Earth will have no sun or moon, that the light will be the Glory of God.

Who came first, man or animal? Ist chapter of Genesis says that God created all the animals, and then He created man. It goes on to say that God then placed man in the Garden. 2nd chapter of Genesis says in the Garden, God recreated one each of all the animals to bring before Adam so Adam can name them. No contradictions.

Adam and Eve were both created on the same day, so I don't know where you got there was a long period of time between their creations.

God said everything was good in Genesis 1:31. By Genesis 6:5-6, sin had entered the world and God saw the wickedness of man, and was grieved. I still see no contradiction.

I wish you would read the Bible instead of just copying and pasting. In Ex. 6:5-6 God say that He was know to Abraham, Jacob and Issac as God Almighty, but not by His name Lord He was still the Lord in Genesis.

When Adam ate the forbidden fruit, he died spiritually, he was seperated from God. He died physically at 930 years of age. Again, no contradiction.

I'm tired, I'm going to let someone else answer a few. But there are no condradictions if you would take the time to read the text.

Answer 4

whilst Jacob became buried at Machpela - his fathers could have been buried at Shecham - Shecham: the main historical of the sacred cities of Palestine, located in a eye-catching trouble-free between the mountains of Ephraim, close to to the two hills Ebal and Gerizim. It became visited via Abram on his first arrival interior the promised land (Gen. 12: 6); Jacob bought land right here (Gen. 33: 18; Acts 7: sixteen; cf. Gen. 35: 4; Gen. 37: 14). It became later secure interior the territory of Ephraim (Josh. 17: 7), and grew to become a Levitical city and a city of secure haven (Josh. 20: 7; Josh. 21: 21; a million Chr. 6: sixty seven). right here Joshua addressed the persons (Josh. 24: a million), and the bones of Joseph have been buried (Josh. 24: 32). right here Rehoboam got here to be topped interior the wish of conciliating the northern tribes (a million Kgs. 12: a million; 2 Chr. 10: a million; see additionally Judg. 8: 31; Judg. 9: 6, 40 six; Judg. 21: 19; a million Kgs. 12: 25; a million Chr. 7: 28; Jer. 40-one: 5; playstation . 60: 6). the well-liked city of Nablus lies close to the classic internet site of Shechem. Machpela: the sector and cave bought via Abraham (Gen. 23: 9, 17), the place have been buried Sarah (Gen. 23: 19), Abraham (Gen. 25: 9), Isaac, Rebekah, and Leah (Gen. 40 9: 30-31), and Jacob (Gen. 50: 13). It became located on the actual of the hill on which Hebron became outfitted. the classic internet site is now in touch approximately the help of a mosque. Stephen became chatting with the Sanhedrin - The Samaritans—the Jews’ bitterest opponents—had seized Shechem. The proud Jews, subsequently, could have achieved something—according to threat even going so a techniques as to falsify historic previous—to maintain from having to admit that their ancestors have been buried of their enemy’s land. This quite lends credibility to Stephen’s fact. Given the call of two solutions, one conventional yet untrue, the different actual yet unpopular, Stephen doubtlessly might have chosen the latter.

Answer 5

I think I could explain most of them but quite frankly i stopped reading about half way through them since there are way too many issues you are asking suggesting that you probably just got this list from somewhere and have not a real care about them or else you would probably have been dealing with these issues progressively if you really were interested. You actually did not ask for explanations either. Too much time for someone who is not sincere is a big waste. Sorry but you don't get my answers this time.

Answer 6

Similar "questions" (!?!) have been "asked" dozens of times here already. Here are a few Scriptural thoughts to consider:

(Romans 16:17) Keep your eye on those who cause divisions and occasions for stumbling contrary to the teaching that you have learned, and avoid them.

(2 Corinthians 4:4-6) The god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers

(Philippians 2:14-15) In among a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you are shining as illuminators in the world

(1 Timothy 6:3-5) If any man teaches other doctrine and does not assent to healthful words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, nor to the teaching that accords with godly devotion, he is puffed up with pride, not understanding anything, but being mentally diseased over questionings and debates about words. From these things spring envy, strife, abusive speeches, wicked suspicions, violent disputes about trifles on the part of men corrupted in mind and despoiled of the truth

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20030301/article_01.htm

Answer 7

These so called contradictions have been taken out of context and distort what is really true. For instance, your first one...about the creation of light. You assume that light has to come from the sun. The Bible says that God is light so he can create it without the sun being created. In the Gospel of John, Light is also a figurative word for "Truth" or "Goodness." In that verse in Genesis, God could also have been seperating good from evil.

Without an understanding of God's character and events, one cannot understand scripture that is pulled out of context. Read and study all of the Bible to get a fair perspective.

Answer 8

You won't get a straight answer from any religious person. They'll dance around the question or say "god works in mysterious ways" or something equally as ridiculous. They are not interested in the truth, they just want to be right.

Answer 9

You raise many great questions and it would be a very long answer if I addressed each one.

If you really wanted to find the answer to many of them, a book I found helpful is called Hard Sayings of the Bible by Peter H. Davids, Frederick Fyvie Bruce, Manfred T. Brauch, and Walter C. Kaiser. This book addresses questions people have about how some verses contradict each other or what appears to be inconsistencies, but are actually not.

One of the important things when approaching the Bible is to read for it in context of the passages around it, how they fit into the Bible as a whole, and the cultural background at the time.

Some of the passages that you ask about are explained in the context of theology. God progressively reveals himself to his people.

In the passage about wine, drinking wine was a common thing in the time of the Bible and without the cultural stigma that it somewhat has today. Paul writes in one of the epistles that another of the young pastors should drink more wine so he could be more bold. In your summary of Romans 14:21 it oversimplifies to not drink wine. However this isn't what the passage in context is about. The passage was written by Paul to tell Christians to not do things that would make other people stumble, particularly in regards to respecting their previous Jewish spritual beliefs. So while Paul says no food or drink is clean or unclean now, other people may think it is. So when around those people, it is better to respect them and not drink or eat a particular thing that will be an obstacle to their spiritual walk. For example I went on a date with a girl who thought eating meat was wrong. So when we went out I didn't eat meat, even though I didn't have a personal spiritual issue with eating meat.

The passage that you quote to support the idea that circumcision is eternal is Genesis 17:7. However this passage instead actually has to do with the Abrahamic covenant and this is what he says is everlasting. God does fulfill the promise that Abraham will be fruitful and the father of many nations and kings and that God will be their God. In the passages regarding circumcision, many things were done away with in the coming of the New Covenant (after Christ came). Some of the actions laid out in the laws were done for many reasons among which was God showing the people the consequences for sin and testing their obedience. In the time of Abraham, circumcision was vitally important for God to test the obedience of the people. When Paul wrote Galatians, if you look at the passage you quoted in context, Paul is telling them that acting holy or following some ritual isn't what makes you holy, but it is a new spirit and a new heart. What's actually on the inside is what really counts, not how you appear to be religious on the outside. After Christ came, his eternal sacrifice for mankind's sins fulfilled this requirement and abolished much of what came before.

In the passage where God asks Cain where his brother is, it is clear from the other passages (and knowing the omnipotent qualities of God) that God knew the answer to that question. God knew Cain had killed his brother and was giving him a chance to respond to God in faithfulness.

Other of the passages that are cited in your question compare topics out of context. In comparison of Genesis 2 and Hebrews 5, they address different issues regarding evil. In the Genesis 2 passage, this disobedience of Adam and Eve which resulted in their knowledge of good and evil was wrong. In the Hebrews 5 passage, the author was writing to warn those who believe that they are Christians from falling away and following false teachers. The author is rebuking these people that by now they should have learned enough of the (Bible) to be teachers but they are not as spiritually mature as they should have been to this point. The author is telling them that it is important to know well and use the Scriptures as a guide to discern what is good and what is evil to avoid following false teachers and false doctrine.

Regarding Lot and his daughters, Lot was a righteous man as was evidenced by his protecting the angels at the risk of his death and leaving everything he had at the warning of God to escape the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. However there is sin in the world and we are all sinful and note that his daughters had to get him drunk to engage in that sin.

God does not tempt anyone. Satan tempts man in hoping for the downfall of God's creation.

Regarding another comparision of verses you made, God is a vengeful God and God is also a loving God. This issue is often difficult for many people to accept. I know I had a hard time accepting this at one time. God wants all of his people to have salvation as He is a loving God. However, God holds something higher than love and that is holiness. God knows that we cannot come into His presence without being holy.

This was just a short and very rough summary of just a few of the questions. Each set of passages that you provide deserve their own question and answer and there are many more relevant details and nuances to every topic. If you actually are trying to find an answer to the questions you have, I also recommend bible.org which has a research section. Hope this helps.

P.S. Does it seem like I'm trying to dance around the truth and not giving a straight answer?

Answer 10

JESUS CASTS DEVILS OUT OF THE SWINE

"Talking about the Bible, do you think it right, as Matthew 8 tells us,for Christ to drive the devils into a legion of swine, who were drowned? Matt 8:30-32 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

What would you say if I destroyed a stock of swine?"
If you did it, I would say you deserved punishment, as you had no right to destroy another man’s property. But your right, and the swine owner’s right to property, was secondary to Christ’s right to do it.
Christ being God, being Lord of the world, having dominion over all things, all property is subject to His will. Creatures such as you and I have no right to question God, who is the source of rights.
If the swine belonged to the Jews, which is likely, they deserved punishment for violating the Mosaic Law, then in force, of which they were no doubt conscious, as are Jews today. There is a story abroad that a demonstration of consciousness of wrongdoing that took place recently on Boston Common. A Jew, seated on a bench, was eating a ham sandwich. A sudden thunderstorm broke out. Lightning struck a nearby tree, a large branch crashed down at his feet. Conscience-stricken, the Jew looked up excitedly, with part of the sandwich still in his hand, and irritatingly cried out, "What a lot of fuss about a little bacon."
If the swine belonged to Gentiles, they may have offended God’s law by raising the then forbidden meat in the land of the Jews.
A greater good was done by driving the swine out of the demoniac, and permitting them to enter the swine, then the death of the swine as a result of their rushing headlong into the sea.
"What became of devils that went into the swine?"
“My guess, if you want that, is that they became deviled ham”.

"Bible - A Closer Look!"
http://www.islamtomorrow.com/bible/bible_closer_look.htm
http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MB_BQS/default.htm

Answer 11

Id stay to watch, but you have to remember that they have had 2000 years to formulate responses to these questions. You are going to hear that you are taking it out of context and that Gen 1 and Gen 2 are two differenet writingts, with one being a quick little walk through creation and the other being the blow by blow account.

Of course, to you and I, we will immediately recognize these response as regurgitated responses that these people have learned over time. None of them will make any sense. Just the very fact that God would be displeased with his creation demonstrates that he CANNOT BE omnisicent....if he were, he would have known he was going to be displeased prior to creating them. But they cannot see this logic.