Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 21:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 21:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 21:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Moses, this part of the story shows that Abraham is making a promise and giving seven little sheep as a sign that he dug the well. This means they can remember that the well belongs to him.

Genesis 21:30: And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

Contradiction with Genesis 15:18

This verse establishes God's promise to Abraham about giving his descendants the land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates, which indicates a land grant rather than a transaction involving sheep and oxen as in Genesis 21:30.

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 Romans 4:13

This verse emphasizes that the promise to Abraham and his descendants was through the righteousness of faith, not through a covenant involving livestock as gifts, contrasting the idea of Genesis 21:30.

Romans 4:13: For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:18

This verse states that inheritance of the promise is not based on the law (or legal transactions), but on a promise, which contrasts with Genesis 21:30 where a legal covenant is symbolized through an exchange of animals.

Galatians 3:18: For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.
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