Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 14:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 14:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 14:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse tells us about a group called the Horites who lived in the mountains of a place called Seir. They were pushed back to an area called Elparan, which is near a big desert.

Genesis 14:6: And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness. [Elparan: or, The plain of Paran]

Contradiction with Numbers 21:24

This verse states that Israel smote the Amorites and took possession of their land, indicating a later conquest rather than an earlier inhabitation by Horites as in Genesis 14:6.

Numbers 21:24: And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] strong.

Contradiction with Joshua 24:18

This verse indicates that the LORD drove out the Amorites from before Israel, contradicting with Genesis 14:6's implication of previous inhabitation by Horites in Seir.

Joshua 24:18: And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; for he [is] our God.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 2:12

Here, it states that the Horites dwelt in Seir but mentions that the children of Esau destroyed them, which seemingly contradicts the involvement of external kings in Genesis 14:6.

Deuteronomy 2:12: The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. [succeeded: Heb. inherited] [stead: or, room]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 2:22

It notes that the LORD destroyed the Horites before Esau, giving their land to Esau, which contradicts the earlier conflict with Chedorlaomer in Genesis 14:6.

Deuteronomy 2:22: As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

Contradiction with Joshua 11:3

This verse refers to different inhabitants of various lands, suggesting ongoing conflicts and shifts in land possession, which conflicts with a unified victory by specific kings in Genesis 14:6.

Joshua 11:3: [And to] the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and [to] the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and [to] the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
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