Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 39:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 39:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 39:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that God was with Joseph, and that's why everything Joseph did turned out well. Even Joseph's boss noticed that God was helping him succeed.

Genesis 39:3: And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

While Genesis 39:3 suggests the Lord made all that Joseph did prosper, Proverbs 16:9 states that a man's heart devises his way, but it's the Lord who directs his steps, implying that human planning doesn't always lead to success.

Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

Contradicts the idea of prosperity through divine favor, stating that time and chance happen to all, including those who are swift or wise.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

Warns against trusting in man or flesh, which contradicts the passage showing Joseph succeeded notably due to divine favor.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-9

Describes the prosperity of the wicked, conflicting with Genesis 39:3's implicit suggestion that prosperity is linked to divine favor on the righteous.

Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

Observes the prosperity of the wicked, contrasting with the prosperity through divine favor seen in Joseph's life.

Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

States that God makes the sun rise on the evil and the good, challenging the direct correlation between righteousness and prosperity.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:7

Declares that it is neither the planter nor the waterer who is anything, but God who gives the increase, suggesting a less direct connection between individual actions and prosperity.

1 Corinthians 3:7: So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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