Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 49:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 49:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 49:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Jacob is calling his sons together to listen carefully because he has something important to tell them before he dies. It's like when a parent gathers their kids to share a special message or story.

Genesis 49:2: Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Contradicts the gathering of sons to listen to their father by emphasizing trust in the Lord with all your heart rather than human understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Matthew 23:9

Says "call no man your father upon the earth," contrasting with the notion of gathering to hear a father's words.

Matthew 23:9: And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:10

Encourages unity and no divisions among you, potentially conflicting with the distinct individual shepherding prophecies in Genesis 49.

1 Corinthians 1:10: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. [divisions: Gr. schisms]

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

Suggests hating one's own family for the sake of following Christ, contradicting the gathering of family to hear a father's words.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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