Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 24:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 24:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 24:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written Genesis, the servant is asking if he should bring the young man back to the old land if the woman doesn't want to come with him. This shows that the servant is being careful and wants to make sure he's doing the right thing to find a wife for his master's son.

Genesis 24:5: And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

Contradiction with Genesis 12:1

Genesis 12:1 contradicts Genesis 24:5 as it shows that God instructs Abram to leave his country and kindred, whereas Genesis 24:5 poses a concern about taking Isaac back to Abraham's homeland, potentially against God's guidance to stay in the promised land.

Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 17:16

Deuteronomy 17:16 prohibits returning to Egypt, symbolically contradicting Genesis 24:5 because Abraham's servant is concerned about returning Isaac to his homeland, which conflicts with the idea of not returning to past places.

Deuteronomy 17:16: But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:15

Hebrews 11:15 contradicts Genesis 24:5 by highlighting that those of faith did not return to the land they left, whereas Genesis 24:5 expresses concern about Isaac returning to Abraham's homeland.

Hebrews 11:15: And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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