Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 31:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 31:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 31:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Laban searched everywhere in Jacob's camp, checking each tent one by one, because he was looking for something he thought was missing. Even though he looked through all the tents, he hadn't found what he was looking for yet.

Genesis 31:33: And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:15

Genesis 31:33 depicts someone searching for stolen goods, while Exodus 20:15 commands not to steal, implying the expectation of adherence to lawful behavior, contradicting the act of theft being investigated.

Exodus 20:15: Thou shalt not steal.

Contradiction with Proverbs 28:6

Genesis 31:33 involves suspicion of theft, whereas Proverbs 28:6 commends a poor person who walks in integrity over the rich who are corrupt, highlighting a contradiction between suspicion and the virtue of integrity.

Proverbs 28:6: Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

Contradiction with Ephesians 4:28

In Genesis 31:33, the search for stolen goods indicates theft, contradicting Ephesians 4:28, which instructs people not to steal but to work honestly.

Ephesians 4:28: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. [to give: or, to distribute]
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