Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 49:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 49:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 49:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse says that someone will have eyes red like wine and teeth white like milk, showing they are healthy and strong. It's a way of saying that person is special and blessed.

Genesis 49:12: His eyes [shall be] red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

Contradiction with Isaiah 53:2

Genesis 49:12 describes beauty and abundance, while Isaiah 53:2 speaks of a lack of beauty and form.

Isaiah 53:2: For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

Genesis 49:12 suggests beauty and grace, whereas Proverbs 31:30 claims beauty is vain and not lasting.

Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

Genesis 49:12 highlights physical beauty, but 1 Samuel 16:7 emphasizes that God values the heart over outward appearance.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:2

Genesis 49:12 portrays prosperity, while Ecclesiastes 1:2 expresses the vanity of earthly things.

Ecclesiastes 1:2: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 4:18

Genesis 49:12 points to physical attributes, whereas 2 Corinthians 4:18 stresses focus on the unseen, eternal things over the seen, temporary things.

2 Corinthians 4:18: While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.
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