Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 23:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 23:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 23:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Abraham asked for some land because he was living in a place that was not his home, and he needed a spot to bury his wife. He wanted a special place where she could rest peacefully.

Genesis 23:4: I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Contradiction with Exodus 6:4

This verse mentions God establishing a covenant with Abraham to give the land of Canaan, contrasting with Genesis 23:4 where Abraham acknowledges he is a stranger and sojourner in the land.

Exodus 6:4: And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:1

This verse describes God bringing Israelites into the land promised to their ancestors, contrasting with Genesis 23:4 where Abraham does not possess the land.

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 Joshua 21:43

This verse states the Lord gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their ancestors, contrasting with Abraham's statement in Genesis 23:4 feeling like a foreigner in that very land.

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 Hebrews 11:9

This verse highlights Abraham's faith in residing as a foreigner in the promised land, suggesting a spiritual inheritance in contrast with Genesis 23:4 which shows his literal status as a sojourner.

Hebrews 11:9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Contradiction with Acts 7:5

This verse notes that Abraham was given no inheritance in Canaan, no, not so much as to set his foot on, reinforcing his foreigner status as opposed to the eventual possession of the land by his descendants.

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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