Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 21:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 21:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 21:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse explains that the place was named Beersheba because both people there made a special promise to each other. It means "The well of the oath" because they swore a promise by the well there.

Genesis 21:31: Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. [Beersheba: that is, The well of the oath]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:9

Describes the naming of Babel as a result of God's actions, contrasting the human-driven naming in Genesis 21:31.

Genesis 11:9: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. [Babel: that is, Confusion]

Contradiction with Genesis 26:33

Isaac also names a well Beersheba, suggesting a separate tradition or event for the name's origin.

Genesis 26:33: And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day. [Shebah: That is, an oath] [Beersheba: that is, the well of the oath]
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