Bible Contradictions

My opponent has done what most fundamentalists of any religion, be it Muslim, Christian, or Jewish when it comes to the inerrancy of their Holy Texts. When faced with a certain contradiction, they must ignore parts of one of them in order to choose their favored variation of the text. This should be fairly plain when I rebuttal my opponent's statement. I'm just going to quote my opponent's possible rebuttals and show why they are false simply by looking at the text."Noah originally did not want to go on the Ark because he was told by the wicked people that if a flood did come, they would kill him if he tried going onto the ark (the psychology was probably: if we're going down, you're coming down with us). He himself did not fully believe in the flood. He gathered everyone to the ark but did not board it yet. It was only after 7 days when the water was up to his knees that he went on to the ark."Interesting way of getting around the contradiction. Unfortunately, there is zero textual support for this, and the text itself negates the possibilityFor one, Genesis 6:22 plainly says Noah did all that God commanded him. Honestly, do you think you'd make a massive boat in the middle of land unless you truly believed God told you to do so?Besides that point, the idea that they were gathered around the ark but not go in until the seventh day is simply ignoring the text. Genesis 7:7 plainly says they "went into." They did not stand around the ark and wait seven days. They went into the ark. After which time the flood waters came. What reason is there for an "after" if there is not a date to pin it to? The date of the entering into the ark? "ON THAT VERY DAY" (In Hebrew; be'etzem hayom) Rabbi Yochanan says: "The Holy One, Blessed is He, said: 'If Noah entered the ark at night, his generation would have said: 'Due to the night, we did not know of Noah's entering the ark. Had we known, we would have stopped him." Thus it is written ON THAT VERY DAY, in broad daylightI'm not sure if I am getting how this works around the contradiction? If this is saying that Noah boarded the ark in broad daylight, that still does not make sense comparing it to the other text. For one, the next narrows down which day it is talking about. On the 600th year of Noah's life, second month, 17th day, all the fountains of the deep burst. The Hebrew text says " בַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה" It is specifying. On that specifically named day, flood began. Not only that, same phrase is used to specify when Noah went into the ark "בְּעֶ֨צֶם הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙" The text is specifying with the word הַזֶּה֙ "This." It is specifying "On this very same day" that the flood waters broke. It is specifying the day and even comparing it to the day the flood began. It nowhere indicates that it is simply discussing a time of day. Those were the two strongest arguments my opponent had, and they are the ones that he uses as more of a summary.My opponent was then kind enough to share a summary of his rebuttal"If you interrelate all of this, it makes a lot more sense. Now hopefully you'll have greater context. To answer your question in a nutshell though, I read that Noah came approached the ark but did not board it. The rain began, but only began intensifying on the 7th day, after the mourning of Methuselah ended, and this intense rain was accompanied by the "waters of the great deep bursting forth".To finish here, I will simply again summarize why the foundation of this is simply wrong.Underlined: Nowhere in the text does it say Noah approached but did not board the ark. Instead, in both texts, it says that he went into the ark. In fact, in both cases, the exact same Hebrew root word is used. The word "בּוֹא." Noah clearly is said to enter the ark using the same word both times for enter. However, one text says it was after seven days the rain fell, the other plainly says "On this very day." The only way this works is if you ignore part of the text.Italicized: Verse 11 clearly states that the heavens opened up on the very same day Noah entered the ark.This is not an option unless you ignore the text with poor exegesis.I await my opponent's response.