Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 35:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 35:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 35:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, the story explains how Rachel, someone very important in the Bible, was traveling with her family and was about to have a baby, but it was very difficult for her. This shows that even in tough times, people in the Bible had to keep going on their journey.

Genesis 35:16: And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. [a little...: Heb. a little piece of ground]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:30

Genesis 35:16 references a journey associated with childbirth, while Genesis 11:30 states that Sarai was barren, highlighting a lack of childbearing.

Genesis 11:30: But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.

Contradiction with Genesis 25:21

Genesis 35:16 speaks about a journey during pregnancy, whereas Genesis 25:21 mentions Rebekah's initial barrenness, emphasizing a contradiction in the aspect of immediate childbirth.

Genesis 25:21: And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:26

Genesis 35:16 implies childbirth, but Exodus 23:26 promises that none shall be barren, a blessing with a different focus on fertility.

Exodus 23:26: There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

Contradiction with Genesis 21:2

Genesis 35:16 involves a travel during childbirth, while Genesis 21:2 refers to a miraculous birth at an old age, showing different contexts of childbirth.

Genesis 21:2: For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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