Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 49:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 49:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 49:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us about the twelve sons of Jacob, who each became a leader of a special group or family called tribes. Jacob, their dad, gave each son a special blessing that was just right for him.

Genesis 49:28: All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Contradiction with Genesis 25:23

Genesis 49:28 suggests Jacob's sons as one unified group with blessings, while Genesis 25:23 foretells division between descendants of Esau and Jacob, indicating division.

Genesis 25:23: And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Contradiction with Acts 10:34

Genesis 49:28 provides specific blessings to individual sons, implying favoritism, whereas Acts 10:34 states that God shows no partiality.

Acts 10:34: Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Contradiction with Romans 2:11

Similar to Acts 10:34, Genesis 49:28 implies preference in blessings, contradicting Romans 2:11 which asserts that God does not show favoritism.

Romans 2:11: For there is no respect of persons with God.

Contradiction with Matthew 20:16

The blessings in Genesis 49:28 appear fixed, whereas Matthew 20:16 implies roles could be reversed, contradicting the permanence of blessings.

Matthew 20:16: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
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