Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 25:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 25:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 25:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, after Abraham died, God took care of his son Isaac and gave him good things. Isaac lived near a place called the well Lahairoi.

Genesis 25:11: And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:28

Genesis 25:11 talks about God blessing Isaac after Abraham's death, whereas Genesis 1:28 refers to God's blessing to humanity to be fruitful and multiply; the former is specific to one individual, the latter to all humanity.

Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. [moveth: Heb. creepeth]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:12

Genesis 25:11 describes God blessing Isaac post-Abraham's death, focusing on God's direct blessing, whereas Exodus 20:12 instructs the blessing of those who honor their parents while they are alive, emphasizing human action.

Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:9

Genesis 25:11 mentions God's blessing to Isaac in the land of Beer-lahai-roi, but Hebrews 11:9 speaks to living as strangers in a foreign land by faith, not receiving tangible blessings.

Hebrews 11:9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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