Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 14:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 14:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 14:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, someone who escaped from a fight came to tell Abram, who was living near his friends, that his help was needed. Abram's friends were ready to team up with him to handle the situation together.

Genesis 14:13: And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] confederate with Abram. [plain: Heb. plains]

Contradiction with Genesis 12:1

God instructs Abraham to leave his country and his father's house, which contradicts with him having allies or confederates.

Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32

God commands not to make covenants with others, contradicting Abraham being in confederacy with others.

Exodus 23:32: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:14

Advises against being unequally yoked with unbelievers, contrasting with Abraham's alliances.

2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Contradiction with James 4:4

Declares friendship with the world as enmity with God, challenging Abraham's alliances with others.

James 4:4: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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