Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 31:45

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 31:45 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 31:45. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Jacob used a big stone to make a special marker, like a tall sign, to remember something important. It's like when you make a mark or sign to remember a special day or event.

Genesis 31:45: And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse forbids the making of graven images, while Genesis 31:45 involves setting up a pillar, which could be seen as a type of image or monument.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:22

Condemns setting up a sacred pillar, which Jacob does in Genesis 31:45, suggesting a contradiction in practice.

Deuteronomy 16:22: Neither shalt thou set thee up [any] image; which the LORD thy God hateth. [image: or, statue, or, pillar]

Contradiction with Isaiah 44:9-10

Criticizes the making of idols, and although Genesis 31:45 is about setting up a stone as a witness, it can be seen as a conflicting act similar to idol creation.

Isaiah 44:9-10: They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. [delectable: Heb. desirable]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:3-4

These verses speak against cutting a tree and decking it as an idol or symbol, which contradicts the act of setting up a stone or pillar in Genesis 31:45 as a significant object.

Jeremiah 10:3-4: For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. [customs...: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity]

Contradiction with Acts 17:29

This verse emphasizes that God should not be represented by objects such as gold, silver, stone, or graven art, which contradicts the commemorative use of a stone in Genesis 31:45.

Acts 17:29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
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