Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 15:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 15:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 15:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is naming some of the people living in the land God promised to give to Abraham and his descendants. It shows that God knew who was living there and had a special plan for Abraham's family.

Genesis 15:21: And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Contradiction with Genesis 15:18

This verse contradicts Genesis 15:21 by expanding the promise of land to a greater area, while Genesis 15:21 specifies only certain groups within that territory.

Genesis 15:18: In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:1

This verse presents a contradiction by listing nations that will be removed from the land, suggesting a different dynamic compared to Genesis 15:21.

Deuteronomy 7:1: When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

Contradiction with Exodus 23:31

Contradicts Genesis 15:21 by describing the boundaries of the land promised to the Israelites, which differs from the specific tribes mentioned in Genesis 15:21.

Exodus 23:31: And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Contradiction with Joshua 21:43

This verse states that Israel received all the land promised, which might seem at odds with Genesis 15:21 if those specific lands and peoples were not part of the fulfillment contextually.

Joshua 21:43: And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Contradiction with Acts 7:5

Contradicts Genesis 15:21 by emphasizing that Abraham was given no inheritance in the land at that time, unlike the specific inheritance mentioned in Genesis 15:21.

Acts 7:5: And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
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