Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 24:67

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 24:67 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 24:67. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Isaac married Rebekah and loved her very much, which made him feel better after his mom died. Bringing Rebekah into his mom's tent meant she was now part of his family.

Genesis 24:67: And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's [death].

Contradiction with Matthew 5:28

Contradicts by emphasizing the immorality of lusting after someone in the heart, while Genesis 24:67 describes Isaac taking Rebekah into his tent, implying a different moral context for romantic pursuits.

Matthew 5:28: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:2

Advises marrying to avoid fornication, while Genesis 24:67 describes Isaac bringing Rebekah into his mother's tent as his wife, without a formal ceremony mentioned.

1 Corinthians 7:2: Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4

Emphasizes sanctification and abstaining from fornication, contrasting with the lack of ceremonial description in Isaac and Rebekah's union.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-4: For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Contradiction with Hebrews 13:4

States that marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept pure, challenging Genesis 24:67’s description of Isaac and Rebekah's marriage as lacking detail about purity or formal sanctity.

Hebrews 13:4: Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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