Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 37:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 37:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 37:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, this story shows how Joseph's brothers were casually eating after putting him in a pit, and then they saw travelers with camels carrying special spices to Egypt. This moment sets up the next part of Joseph's adventure, where he ends up going to Egypt.

Genesis 37:25: And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

Contradiction with Genesis 37:28

Joseph is sold by his brothers to the Ishmaelites, but later it says the Midianite merchantmen sold Joseph in Egypt, suggesting a contradiction in who sold Joseph.

Genesis 37:28: Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Contradiction with Genesis 45:4-5

Joseph claims it was God who sent him to Egypt, not his brothers, contradicting the idea that the brothers sold him.

Genesis 45:4-5: And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Contradiction with Acts 7:9

Stephen mentions that the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt, which aligns with the Genesis account but does not reference the Ishmaelites or Midianite traders, simplifying the narrative.

Acts 7:9: And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
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