Contradiction with Numbers 6:3-4
These verses describe the Nazirite vow that includes abstaining from grapes and wine, which indirectly contrasts the abundance and consumption of grapes in Genesis 40:10.
Numbers 6:3-4: He shall separate [himself] from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 29:18-19
These verses caution against those whose hearts turn from God, marked by "wormwood," contrasting the fruitful and positive imagery of the vine in Genesis 40:10.
Deuteronomy 29:18-19: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; [gall: or, a poisonous herb: Heb. rosh]
Contradiction with Isaiah 5:4
This verse laments a vineyard that produces bad fruit, which contrasts with the dream's imagery of a healthy and productive vine in Genesis 40:10.
Isaiah 5:4: What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Contradiction with John 15:1-2
Jesus calls himself the "true vine," which redirects the vine imagery to a spiritual allegory different from the literal vine in Genesis 40:10.
John 15:1-2: I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:21
God compares Israel to a degenerate vine, opposing the ideal vine imagery in Genesis 40:10.
Jeremiah 2:21: Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?