Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 48:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 48:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 48:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Israel, also known as Jacob, saw Joseph's sons and was curious to know who they were. It shows a moment where he is meeting them and wants to learn more about them.

Genesis 48:8: And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who [are] these?

Contradiction with Genesis 27:23

Esau was not recognized by Isaac, while in Genesis 48:8, Jacob does not initially recognize his own grandsons.

Genesis 27:23: And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:6-7

Samuel initially mistakes Eliab for God's anointed, while God looks at the heart; in Genesis 48:8, Jacob cannot discern based on sight at first.

1 Samuel 16:6-7: And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed [is] before him. [Eliab: called Elihu]

Contradiction with Luke 24:16

The eyes of the disciples were restrained from recognizing Jesus, similar to Jacob’s failure to initially recognize his grandsons in Genesis 48:8.

Luke 24:16: But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
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