Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 36:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 36:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 36:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us about Esau and his family. Esau is also known as Edom, and the verse begins to describe his story and the people who came from him.

Genesis 36:1: Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.

Contradiction with Genesis 35:29

Genesis 36:1 states that Esau is Edom, while Genesis 35:29 describes Esau and Jacob burying their father Isaac, not mentioning Esau's lineage as Edom.

Genesis 35:29: And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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