Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 24:49

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 24:49 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 24:49. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who wrote this book, the verse is about someone asking for a clear answer if people will be helpful and honest with his boss. If they won't help, he wants to know so he can decide what to do next.

Genesis 24:49: And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

This verse emphasizes the role of human planning and divine direction, which can be seen as contradicting the request for a clear and immediate decision in Genesis 24:49.

Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:1

This verse highlights the sovereign direction of God in the affairs of rulers, suggesting that decisions are ultimately in God's hands, not human requests.

Proverbs 21:1: The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23

This verse acknowledges that humans do not have the ability to direct their own steps, contradicting the call for a binary decision based on human action in Genesis 24:49.

Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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