Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 33:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 33:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 33:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the person who wrote Genesis, the helpers and their children showed respect by bowing down when they got close. Bowing was a way to be polite and honor someone important.

Genesis 33:6: Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

Encourages love and forgiveness towards enemies, differing from the possible tension and past hostility suggested in Genesis 33:6.

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 Exodus 20:12

Focuses on honoring parents, while Genesis 33:6 shows children bowing before Esau, hinting at shifted family dynamics.

Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Contradiction with Proverbs 25:21-22

Advises compassion towards one's enemy, contrasting the historical conflict between Jacob and Esau seen leading to Genesis 33:6.

Proverbs 25:21-22: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Contradiction with Luke 6:27

Commands to love your enemies, in contrast to the enmity between Jacob and Esau preceding Genesis 33:6.

Luke 6:27: But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
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