Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 28:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 28:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 28:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God promises to bless you, help you have many children, and make your family grow big like a big group of people. This means God wants to make you strong and successful.

Genesis 28:3: And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; [a multitude...: Heb. an assembly of people]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 16:2

This verse prohibits having children, while Genesis 28:3 speaks of becoming a multitude of people.

Jeremiah 16:2: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:35-36

Jesus states he came to set family members against each other, contrasting Genesis 28:3's implication of cohesive family growth.

Matthew 10:35-36: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Contradiction with Luke 12:51-53

This passage emphasizes division within families, contrary to the unified multitude implied in Genesis 28:3.

Luke 12:51-53: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:8

Paul suggests it is good to remain unmarried, contradicting the idea of family expansion in Genesis 28:3.

1 Corinthians 7:8: I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 4:3

This verse speaks against forbidding marriage, contrasting Genesis 28:3 in the context of abundant posterity.

1 Timothy 4:3: Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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