Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 25:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 25:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 25:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us about some of the sons that Abraham had with a woman named Keturah. These sons would go on to have their own families and help make big groups of people.

Genesis 25:2: And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:3

This verse commands the Israelites not to intermarry with other nations, which could contradict Genesis 25:2 where Abraham takes a wife from outside his people.

Deuteronomy 7:3: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:14

This verse instructs believers not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, whereas Genesis 25:2 recounts Abraham marrying Keturah, a potential outsider.

2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Contradiction with Malachi 2:11

This verse condemns marrying the daughter of a foreign god, which could be seen as contradicting Abraham taking Keturah in Genesis 25:2 if she were considered an outsider.

Malachi 2:11: Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. [loved: or, ought to love]

Contradiction with Genesis 24:3-4

Abraham previously insists that Isaac should not marry a Canaanite and sends for a wife from his own people, potentially contrasting his own action in Genesis 25:2.

Genesis 24:3-4: 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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