Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 44:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 44:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 44:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is about how much a father loves his son. It shows that the father's happiness and life depend on his son's well-being.

Genesis 44:30: Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [be] not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

Contradiction with Exodus 20:12

This verse instructs individuals to honor their father and mother, which can be seen as conflicting with the situation in Genesis 44:30 where the emphasis is on the son's actions affecting the father's wellbeing.

Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Contradiction with Proverbs 13:24

This verse suggests that sparing discipline is unloving, contradicting the compassionate approach in Genesis 44:30 where the son's absence impacts the father's life deeply.

Proverbs 13:24: He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:37

This verse teaches prioritizing love for Christ over family, whereas Genesis 44:30 emphasizes the son's importance to his father.

Matthew 10:37: He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

This verse suggests that one must be willing to forsake family for discipleship, contradicting the reliance on familial ties seen in Genesis 44:30.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Contradiction with Matthew 19:29

This verse indicates rewards for leaving family for God's sake, in contrast to Genesis 44:30's depiction of familial dependency.

Matthew 19:29: And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
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