Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 15:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 15:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 15:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who wrote Genesis, this verse shows a special promise time between God and Abram. Abram cuts the animals as part of a promise ceremony with God, but leaves the birds whole.

Genesis 15:10: And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

This verse states that Jesus did not come to destroy the law but to fulfill it, which contrasts with the act of dividing animals in Genesis 15:10, as animal sacrifice becomes unnecessary with Christ's fulfillment.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16

This verse emphasizes that God does not delight in sacrifice, which contradicts the ritualistic animal division in Genesis 15:10.

Psalm 51:16: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the purpose of numerous sacrifices, which opposes the ritual in Genesis 15:10 of dividing animals.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8

These verses highlight that God desires justice and mercy over animal sacrifices, contradictory to the division of animals in Genesis 15:10.

Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:8-10

These verses state that God takes no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices and highlights the new covenant, contradicting the sacrificial act in Genesis 15:10.

Hebrews 10:8-10: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law;
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