Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 30:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 30:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 30:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God helped Jacob use a clever idea with sticks to make his sheep and goats have strong babies. This shows how God was with Jacob, helping him to become successful and take care of his family.

Genesis 30:38: And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

Contradiction with Leviticus 19:19

This verse advises against specific types of breeding and mixing of species, contradicting Jacob's deliberate manipulation of livestock breeding in Genesis 30:38.

Leviticus 19:19: Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

This verse suggests that God provides for all creatures, potentially contradicting the notion in Genesis 30:38 that human intervention was needed for Jacob's prosperity through the manipulation of livestock breeding.

Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Paradox #1

The scientific conflict in Genesis 30:38 is that it suggests animals can be influenced in their physical characteristics by what they see while mating, a belief rooted in ancient folklore. Modern genetics shows that offspring traits are determined by the genes they inherit from their parents, not by visual experiences during conception.

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