The Bible is contradictory

Which first--beasts or man? GEN 1:25-26 is discussing the pre-adamic race before God created Adam and Eve; this explains where Cain got his wife, whom he was afraid would kill him when made a fugitive in the earth, the rise of a city in just two generations after Adam, and how to avoid the problem of God using incest to populate the earth. Please see my debate on this issue. http://www.debate.org... When correctly understood, the accounts are not in conflict. The number of beasts in the ark Gen 6:13-22 is discussing "before" Noah built the ark, hence, a paring of two of each unclean and two fo each clean animal. Gen 7:1-10 is discussing the last 7 days before the flood, hence, the paring changes to seven clean and two unclean. But note, Gen 7:9 is not discussing how many of each type of animal when into the ark, but rather, the marching order in which they went - by twos. Hence, while there may be seven unclean lions and sevent unclean pigs, they were "paired" in "twos" and that is how all the animals went into the ark. How many stalls and horsemen? The Hebrew numbers for forty and four are quite close, so this could just be a scribal error. (1Kings 4:26 2Chon 9:25) The Septuagint states the possible correct amount as being 4,000 in both verses, and since this is older than the Hebrew Mesoretic Text, is based on a even earlier Hebrew text type, and is used by the first century Christians, we can be confident the original was 4, 000. To see how easily a scribal error could be committed, just look at how close the Hebrew for 40 is to the Hebrew for 4; 40 ארבּעים is an old copyist's error for ארבּעה. Scibal errors do not show that the Bible writer orginally contradicted himself, but rather that a scribe mistranslated his work in a minor way. Is it folly to be wise or not? Even though we should acquire Godly wisdom (and common sense) and undestanding (Pro 4:7), this in no way contadicts the fact there are other types of wisdom which while also good, God will destroy (not in the sense of innihilate, but) in the sense of show them inferior to his gospel. (1 Cor 1:19-21) The intellectual wisdom of the world did not cause them to know God, it was the simplicity of the Gospel which drew men to him. As for Ecclesiastes 1:18. verse 1 shows clearly Solomon was giving his own opinion, and he could have been wrong. If he was, this doesn't mean the Bible contradicts itself. This isn't God saying this or agreeing with what Solomon says. But there is a possibility, given the context in which it is found, that Solomon was just saying that if like him - we think about the fact that none of the wisdom he had though so great - could prevent him from dying, and some idiot who didn't work hard for it will take everyithing from under him, and maybe ruin it, it brings sadness. Wisdom shows the reality of this cruel world, and reduces engagement in wishful thinking. Human vs. ghostly impregnation It's altogether possible that since we don't know Mary's geneaology, that she was a physical descendant of David, and since we don't have her geneaology, we can't prove she wasn't. If she way, then Jesus was in deed from the seed of David according to the flesh. The sins of the father Ture, as Deuteronomy 24:26 says, children should not die for the sins of their parents. But they sure should die for their fathers sins in the case of those who imitate their fathers in hating God. This was the law. (Exo 20:5) So Isaiah 14:21, in the context of Jewish law, is unishing the children for being like their father and hence they must be enemies of God.