Contradiction with Genesis 30:1
Contradicts the prosperity of Joseph's offspring mentioned in Genesis 41:50 by illustrating Rachel's initial barrenness, highlighting struggles with childbirth.
Genesis 30:1: And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 1:5-6
Hannah's barrenness due to divine will contrasts with Joseph's immediate blessing of offspring before the famine.
1 Samuel 1:5-6: But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. [worthy: or, double]
Contradiction with Judges 13:2-3
Manoah's wife was barren until divine intervention, contrasting with the uncontested blessings of fertility in Joseph's case.
Judges 13:2-3: And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.
Contradiction with Isaiah 54:1
Calls the barren to rejoice, showing a reversal of fortune that doesn't align with Joseph's direct lineage blessings.
Isaiah 54:1: Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Contradiction with Genesis 16:1-2
Shows Sarai's barrenness, emphasizing a contrast to Joseph's immediate offspring success.
Genesis 16:1-2: Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.