Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 35:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 35:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 35:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Jacob and his family traveled to a place called Luz in the land of Canaan, which God had renamed Bethel. This place was important because Jacob had met God there earlier in his life.

Genesis 35:6: So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.

Contradiction with Genesis 28:13-15

These verses promise Jacob the land he is journeying on, whereas Genesis 35:6 involves Jacob returning to Bethel, implying a temporary journey rather than the possession implied in Genesis 28:13-15.

Genesis 28:13-15: And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:10

God promises David a permanent home for Israel, contrasting with Jacob's wanderings before reaching Bethel as in Genesis 35:6.

2 Samuel 7:10: Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:9

Refers to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob living as strangers in the Promised Land, which could contradict the definitive action of settling evident in Genesis 35:6.

Hebrews 11:9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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