Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 16:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 16:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 16:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the writer of Genesis, this verse tells us about a special well called Beerlahairoi, which means "The well of the living one who sees me." It is a place where someone felt seen and cared for by God, and it is located between two places called Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 16:14: Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered. [Beerlahairoi: that is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me]

Contradiction with Proverbs 5:15

This verse encourages drinking water from your own cistern, which may conflict with the idea of naming a shared well after an individual experience, as in Genesis 16:14.

Proverbs 5:15: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Contradiction with John 4:13-14

These verses suggest a promise of water leading to eternal life, contrasting the temporary, earthly water provided by the well in Genesis 16:14.

John 4:13-14: Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
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