Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 46:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 46:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 46:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written Genesis, this verse tells us about the seven boys from the family tree of Jacob, Rachel, and her helper Bilhah. It shows how families were big and connected a long time ago.

Genesis 46:25: These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were] seven.

Contradiction with Genesis 46:27

Genesis 46:25 states that these were the sons of Bilhah, while Genesis 46:27 mentions the total number of Jacob’s sons coming to Egypt as seventy, which includes Joseph's sons born in Egypt, appearing inconsistent in numerical accounting.

Genesis 46:27: And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.

Contradiction with Genesis 29:29

In Genesis 46:25, it references Bilhah’s sons, whereas Genesis 29:29 shows that Rachel was given Bilhah as a handmaid, not directly mentioning Bilhah's sons.

Genesis 29:29: And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

Contradiction with Genesis 30:3-4

Genesis 46:25 lists sons of Bilhah, but Genesis 30:3-4 explains Bilhah bore these sons for Rachel, creating a line of maternal representation rather than biological in Genesis 46:25.

Genesis 30:3-4: And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. [have...: Heb. be built by her]

Contradiction with Genesis 35:22b-26

Genesis 46:25 mentions the sons of Bilhah as a separate group, but Genesis 35:22b-26 lists the sons of Jacob from different mothers without such distinction.

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