Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 43:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 43:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 43:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the writer of Genesis, there wasn't enough food, and everyone was very hungry. They were worried because they didn’t know when they would have enough to eat again.

Genesis 43:1: And the famine [was] sore in the land.

Contradiction with Genesis 8:22

While Genesis 43:1 speaks of a severe famine, Genesis 8:22 promises that seedtime and harvest, and summer and winter shall not cease.

Genesis 8:22: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. [While...: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth]

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

Genesis 43:1 indicates a severe famine impacting the land, but Psalm 37:25 declares that the righteous will not be forsaken nor their children begging for bread.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25-26

Genesis 43:1 presents a situation of dire food shortage, contrasting with Matthew 6:25-26, where Jesus encourages not to worry about food, trusting in God's provision.

Matthew 6:25-26: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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