Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 24:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 24:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 24:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written the book, God told a faithful servant to go back to the place where Abraham's family lived to find a wife for his son Isaac. This was to make sure Isaac would marry someone who shared their faith and values.

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

Contradiction with Genesis 24:3

Genesis 24:3 speaks about not taking a wife from the Canaanites, while Genesis 24:4 emphasizes marrying within one's own kindred.

Genesis 24:3: And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
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