Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 26:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 26:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 26:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means Esau married two women from a different group of people called Hittites when he was forty. This decision would later cause some problems in his family.

Genesis 26:34: And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Contradiction with Genesis 24:3

Contradicts Genesis 26:34 because Abraham instructs his servant not to take a wife for Isaac from the Canaanites, while Esau takes a Canaanite wife.

Genesis 24:3: 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:

Contradiction with Exodus 34:16

Warns against intermarrying with foreign nations, contradicting Esau's marriage to Hittite women in Genesis 26:34.

Exodus 34:16: And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:3

Instructs Israelites not to intermarry with surrounding nations, while Genesis 26:34 depicts Esau marrying Canaanite women.

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 Judges 3:6

Shows Israelites intermarrying with surrounding nations leading to sin, which contradicts Esau’s actions in Genesis 26:34.

Judges 3:6: And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 13:25

Condemns intermarriage with foreign women, contradicting Esau's marriage choice in Genesis 26:34.

Nehemiah 13:25: And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. [cursed: or, reviled]
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