Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 26:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 26:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 26:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the writer of Genesis, this verse means that Isaac's helpers found water in a well they dug, which was like finding a treasure. It shows God's kindness in helping them during a hard time.

Genesis 26:32: And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Contradiction with Genesis 21:25

In Genesis 21:25, Abraham disputes over a well with Abimelech's servants, which contrasts with Genesis 26:32 where Isaac's servants successfully find water without dispute.

Genesis 21:25: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Contradiction with Genesis 26:20

In Genesis 26:20, there is strife over a well with the herdsmen of Gerar, contradicting Genesis 26:32 where there is no such conflict mentioned.

Genesis 26:20: And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. [Esek: that is, Contention]

Contradiction with Exodus 17:7

This verse speaks of the Israelites questioning the Lord's presence by naming the place Massah and Meribah for quarreling over water, which contradicts the peaceful finding of water by Isaac's servants in Genesis 26:32.

Exodus 17:7: And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? [Massah: that is, Temptation] [Meribah: that is, Chiding, or, Strife]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:13

Jeremiah condemns the people for forsaking God, the 'fountain of living waters,' contrasting the finding and celebration of physical water in Genesis 26:32.

Jeremiah 2:13: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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