Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 31:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 31:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 31:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the person speaking is upset because someone left to go home to their family but also took something very important that didn’t belong to them. This shows how much the speaker values their special items, calling them "gods," and is asking why they were taken.

Genesis 31:30: And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." contradicts Genesis 31:30, where Laban accuses Jacob of stealing his gods, implying the existence of other gods.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 6:14

"Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;" contrasts with Genesis 31:30's reference to Laban's gods, suggesting Jacob's household should not involve any foreign deities.

Deuteronomy 6:14: Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;

Contradiction with Isaiah 44:6

"Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God," contradicts the existence of Laban's gods mentioned in Genesis 31:30.

Isaiah 44:6: Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:10-11

"But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king...The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens." This challenges Genesis 31:30 by asserting that any gods besides the LORD are transient.

Jeremiah 10:10-11: But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. [true...: Heb. God of truth] [living God: Heb. living Gods] [everlasting...: Heb. king of eternity]

Contradiction with Psalm 96:5

"For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens." This verse contradicts the concept of Laban's gods being legitimate or powerful as implied in Genesis 31:30.

Psalm 96:5: For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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