Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 48:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 48:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 48:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Jacob told Joseph that God appeared to him in a special place called Luz and gave him a blessing. This means God promised good things for Jacob and his family.

Genesis 48:3: And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

Contradiction with Genesis 35:10

This verse records God renaming Jacob to Israel at a different time and place, presenting a discrepancy with Genesis 48:3 where Jacob recounts this event.

Genesis 35:10: And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

Contradiction with Genesis 35:11

This verse states that God appeared to Jacob elsewhere and gave promises, potentially different from those Jacob recalls in Genesis 48:3.

Genesis 35:11: And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Contradiction with Genesis 28:13-15

These verses recount God's promises and appearance to Jacob in a dream at Bethel, creating a narrative contrast with the encounter Jacob describes in Genesis 48:3.

Genesis 28:13-15: And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
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