Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 4:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 4:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 4:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Jubal was one of the first people to make and play musical instruments like the harp and organ. This means he was very important in creating music a long, long time ago.

Genesis 4:21: And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Contradiction with Exodus 31:18

Genesis 4:21 mentions Jubal as the father of music, while Exodus 31:18 credits God for imparting artistic wisdom, potentially implying a different source for such skills.

Exodus 31:18: And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:23

Genesis 4:21 credits Jubal as the father of music, yet 1 Samuel 16:23 suggests that music has divine healing properties, potentially contradicting the idea of human origination.

1 Samuel 16:23: And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Contradiction with Revelation 14:2

Genesis 4:21 attributes the origin of musical instruments to Jubal, while Revelation 14:2 implies that music, particularly heavenly music, comes directly from God.

Revelation 14:2: And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
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