Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 35:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 35:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 35:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Genesis, Jacob put up a special stone to show where he talked with God. He poured a drink and oil on it to thank God and remember their talk.

Genesis 35:14: And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:5-7

It instructs to seek a specific place chosen by God for offerings, contrasting with Jacob setting up a pillar anywhere.

Deuteronomy 12:5-7: But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Prohibits making any graven image, conflicting with Jacob setting up a pillar.

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 Isaiah 44:8-9

Declares the making of idols as worthless, contrasting Jacob's setting up a pillar as a sacred act.

Isaiah 44:8-9: Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any]. [God; I: Heb. rock, etc]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:3-5

Criticizes the customs of setting up wooden idols as vain, against the sacredness implied in Genesis 35:14.

Jeremiah 10:3-5: 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 17:24

States God does not dwell in man-made temples, contrasting the sacred significance of the pillar.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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