Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 36:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 36:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 36:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Esau took his family, animals, and all his things and moved away from his brother Jacob. This shows how Esau and Jacob needed to live in different places because they both had too much stuff to stay together.

Genesis 36:6: And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. [persons: Heb. souls]

Contradiction with Genesis 12:1

God's command to Abram was to leave his country and kindred, whereas Genesis 36:6 involves Esau taking his family and departing from Jacob.

Genesis 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Contradiction with Genesis 13:14-15

God promises land to Abram and his descendants forever, which contrasts with Esau leaving the land of Canaan.

Genesis 13:14-15: And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Contradiction with Genesis 31:3

God tells Jacob to return to his father's land and kindred, unlike Esau, who moves away from his kindred in Genesis 36:6.

Genesis 31:3: And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
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