Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 21:21

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

According to Moses, the assumed author of Genesis, this verse tells us that Ishmael, Abraham's son, lived in a desert area called Paran. His mom found him a wife from Egypt so that he could start his own family.

Genesis 21:21: And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Genesis 24:4

Contradicts by emphasizing finding a wife from Mesopotamia, not Egypt, for Abraham's descendants.

Genesis 24:4: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:3

Advises against marrying foreign women, which contradicts the action of taking an Egyptian wife.

Deuteronomy 7:3: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:14

Advises against being yoked with unbelievers, contrasting with marrying from outside the Hebrew faith.

2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Contradiction with Exodus 34:16

Warns against marrying those who follow other gods, contradicting taking a wife from Egypt known for its polytheism.

Exodus 34:16: And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Contradiction with Genesis 28:1

Isaac instructs Jacob not to take a wife from Canaan, similar to Egypt, highlighting a family practice of not marrying outsiders.

Genesis 28:1: And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
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