Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 24:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 24:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 24:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the man saw the shiny earrings and bracelets on his sister Rebekah and listened to her story about the kind man who spoke to her. Curious, he went to see the man himself and found him standing with his camels by the well.

Genesis 24:30: And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:8

This verse warns against taking gifts because they may blind the wise, while Genesis 24:30 describes receiving gifts approvingly.

Exodus 23:8: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. [the wise: Heb. the seeing]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:19

Prohibits accepting bribes because they corrupt judgment, contrasting with Genesis 24:30 where gifts seem positive.

Deuteronomy 16:19: Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. [words: or, matters]

Contradiction with Proverbs 17:23

States that a wicked man takes a gift to pervert judgment, suggesting a negative view of gifts compared to Genesis 24:30.

Proverbs 17:23: A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Contradiction with Micah 3:11

Condemns leaders who teach for reward and accept bribes, contradicting the positive portrayal of gifts in Genesis 24:30.

Micah 3:11: The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. [and say: Heb. saying]
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