Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 25:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 25:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 25:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of Genesis, this verse is like a family tree, telling us that Jokshan had kids named Sheba and Dedan, and Dedan also had children named Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. It's showing how different families and groups of people started.

Genesis 25:3: And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

Contradiction with Matthew 1:1

Genesis 25:3 mentions Sheba and Dedan being descendants of Abraham through Keturah, while Matthew 1:1 traces Jesus' genealogy through a different line from Abraham to emphasize the line of Judah.

Matthew 1:1: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 1:32

Genesis 25:3 lists Dedan as a grandson of Abraham through Keturah, while 1 Chronicles 1:32 includes multiple descendants and highlights differences or further names in the genealogy which can seem conflicting in detailed lineage accounts.

1 Chronicles 1:32: Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:16

Genesis 25:3 outlines descendants in a literal genealogical sense, whereas Galatians 3:16 focuses on the promise to Abraham’s seed, interpreted as Christ, creating a contrast between literal descendants and theological interpretation of 'seed' as singular in a spiritual sense.

Galatians 3:16: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
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