Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 15:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 15:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 15:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us that when it was getting dark, Abram fell into a deep sleep and felt a very scary darkness around him. It shows that sometimes God can make people feel things in big and mysterious ways.

Genesis 15:12: And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:5

This verse states that believers are "children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness," while Genesis 15:12 describes Abram being enveloped by a deep sleep and horror of great darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:5: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Contradiction with John 8:12

Jesus declares, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness," contrasting with the deep darkness that falls upon Abram in Genesis 15:12.

John 8:12: Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:5

This verse claims, "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all," contradicting the presence of great darkness in Genesis 15:12 as part of God's covenant.

1 John 1:5: This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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