Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 34:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 34:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 34:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that the people were being invited to live together in the land, where they could share and do business with each other. It was a way to be friends and support one another.

Genesis 34:10: And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

Contradiction with Genesis 12:1

God commands Abram to leave his country and family, which contradicts the idea of dwelling and trading together as suggested in Genesis 34:10.

Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

God instructs the Israelites to make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land, which opposes the invitation in Genesis 34:10 to dwell together and trade.

Deuteronomy 7:2: And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Contradiction with Joshua 23:12-13

Warns against forming alliances with the inhabitants of the land, contrary to the proposal in Genesis 34:10.

Joshua 23:12-13: Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:17

Advises believers to separate themselves and not be united with unbelievers, opposing the integration and coexistence implied in Genesis 34:10.

2 Corinthians 6:17: Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,

Contradiction with Exodus 34:12

Warns against making covenants with the inhabitants of the land, contradicting the proposal in Genesis 34:10 to dwell and trade together.

Exodus 34:12: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Contradiction with Ezra 9:12

Instructs not to seek the peace or prosperity of the lands’ inhabitants, in contrast to the offer of peaceful cohabitation in Genesis 34:10.

Ezra 9:12: Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave [it] for an inheritance to your children for ever.
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