Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 30:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 30:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 30:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this verse tells us that after a lady named Leah had a baby girl, she named her Dinah. This name means "Judgment," and it's important to remember her as part of the big family story in the Bible.

Genesis 30:21: And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. [Dinah: that is Judgment]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:28

Genesis 30:21 simply records the birth of a daughter, Dinah, without emphasizing being fruitful and multiplying as in Genesis 1:28, suggesting different narrative purposes.

Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. [moveth: Heb. creepeth]

Contradiction with Exodus 21:7

Genesis 30:21 mentions the birth of a daughter without legal implications, while Exodus 21:7 outlines specific laws regarding the selling of daughters.

Exodus 21:7: And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

Contradiction with Numbers 27:8

Genesis 30:21 notes Dinah's birth, diminishing the focus on inheritance laws for daughters highlighted in Numbers 27:8.

Numbers 27:8: And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Genesis 30:21 acknowledges Dinah's gender, while Galatians 3:28 stresses equality in Christ, irrespective of gender, creating a contrast in focus.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

Genesis 30:21 makes no moral judgment, unlike Proverbs 31:30, which emphasizes a woman's value based on her fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:12

Genesis 30:21 is a neutral record of birth, whereas 1 Timothy 2:12 expresses restrictions on women's roles, which could imply societal views not evident in the Genesis passage.

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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