Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 14:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 14:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 14:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, some kings started a fight against the kings of several cities, including Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like a big battle between different groups of rulers trying to take over each other's lands.

Genesis 14:2: [That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

Contradiction with Genesis 14:8

Explains a battle involving kings, which may appear as a continuation or expansion rather than a contradiction, but different translations may have variances in numbers or names that may seem contradictory.

Genesis 14:8: And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

Contradiction with Genesis 10:10

References the kingdom of Nimrod, which could create confusion regarding the king of Shinar due to differing accounts of leadership and territories.

Genesis 10:10: And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. [Babel: Gr. Babylon]

Contradiction with Judges 1:4

Describes the defeat of Canaanites, which contrasts with the alliances among kings that could imply previous conquest difficulties inconsistent with later victories.

Judges 1:4: And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

Contradiction with Genesis 36:31

Lists different kings of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites, suggesting alternate leadership timelines that might seem inconsistent when cross-referenced without detailed context.

Genesis 36:31: And these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 12:1-2

Discusses varying alliances and battles during Rehoboam’s reign, introducing complexities in the development of regional power dynamics.

2 Chronicles 12:1-2: And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
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