Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 33:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 33:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 33:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Jacob is happy because meeting his brother Esau is like seeing God smile at him, and he wants to give Esau a gift to show his thanks. It's like when you give someone a present to say you're glad you are friends again.

Genesis 33:10: And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:7

While Genesis 33:10 suggests favor and reconciliation through human effort, Proverbs 16:7 asserts that peace with enemies comes from pleasing the Lord, not from appeasing others.

Proverbs 16:7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

Genesis 33:10 implies seeking acceptance and favor from others, while Matthew 5:44 instructs to love and pray for enemies rather than seeking personal approval.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with Galatians 1:10

Genesis 33:10 focuses on finding favor with men, whereas Galatians 1:10 emphasizes seeking to please God rather than man.

Galatians 1:10: For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 2:4

While Genesis 33:10 highlights seeking human favor, 1 Thessalonians 2:4 stresses being entrusted with God's message to please Him over people.

1 Thessalonians 2:4: But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

Contradiction with James 4:4

Genesis 33:10 shows a preference for human favor which is contradicted by James 4:4 that warns friendship with the world is enmity with God.

James 4:4: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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