Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 35:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 35:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 35:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, these are the names of the first six boys born to Jacob and Leah. They were part of a big family that would grow and become very important later on.

Genesis 35:23: The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Contradiction with Genesis 29:32-35

These verses emphasize Leah's children without listing all Jacob's sons in one place, contrasting with the broader listing in Genesis 35:23.

Genesis 29:32-35: And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. [Reuben: that is, See a son]

Contradiction with Genesis 30:6-13

Accounts of Bilhah and Zilpah bearing children to Jacob, which differ in sequencing from Genesis 35:23's listing of Jacob's sons by Leah.

Genesis 30:6-13: And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. [Dan: that is, Judging]
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