Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 29:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 29:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 29:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Rachel was a shepherd who took care of her father's sheep. She came to the well where Jacob was talking to some other people.

Genesis 29:9: And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

This verse suggests that women should remain silent in churches, indicating a more passive role, which contradicts Rachel's active role in shepherding the flock in Genesis 29:9.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35: Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:12

This verse states that a woman should not have authority over a man, in contrast to Rachel independently tending her father's sheep in Genesis 29:9.

1 Timothy 2:12: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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