Contradiction with Genesis 3:17-19
These verses discuss the curse on the ground and hardship in labor, contrasting the blessings of abundance in Genesis 49:25.
Genesis 3:17-19: And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
These verses speak of the toil and sorrow in man's labor, opposing the divine help and blessings mentioned in Genesis 49:25.
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23: For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Contradiction with Job 5:7
This verse indicates that man is born to trouble, which contradicts the imagery of blessings and help in Genesis 49:25.
Job 5:7: Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. [trouble: or, labour] [sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly]
Contradiction with Isaiah 17:10-11
These verses reference forgetting God as a cause for lack of prospering, opposing the blessings of God in Genesis 49:25.
Isaiah 17:10-11: Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Contradiction with Haggai 1:6
This verse refers to labor without satisfaction, contrasting the fruitful rewards described in Genesis 49:25.
Haggai 1:6: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes. [with holes: Heb. pierced through]