Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 46:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 46:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 46:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is telling Jacob that He will be with him when he goes to Egypt and will bring him back safely. God also promises that Jacob's son Joseph will be there to care for him.

Genesis 46:4: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Contradiction with Genesis 15:13-14

These verses predict that Abraham's descendants will be strangers in a foreign land for four hundred years and be afflicted, contradicting the promise of a peaceful return noted in Genesis 46:4.

Genesis 15:13-14: And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Contradiction with Exodus 13:19

This verse depicts Joseph's bones being carried out of Egypt during the Exodus, contradicting Genesis 46:4, which implies an immediate and peaceful return from Egypt.

Exodus 13:19: And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
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