Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 28:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 28:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 28:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, when Esau realized that his father Isaac had given Jacob a special blessing and sent him to find a wife in a faraway place, he also heard that Isaac told Jacob not to marry a woman from the nearby land of Canaan.

Genesis 28:6: When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Contradiction with Genesis 27:41

Esau hates Jacob and plans to kill him, contradicting the notion of peaceful departure in Genesis 28:6.

Genesis 27:41: And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

Contradiction with Genesis 25:29-34

Esau despises his birthright, conflicting with the context in Genesis 28:6 where Isaac blesses Jacob.

Genesis 25:29-34: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:

Contradiction with Genesis 27:35-36

Esau is deceived by Jacob for the blessing, opposing the scenario of approval found in Genesis 28:6.

Genesis 27:35-36: And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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