Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 50:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 50:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 50:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the writer of Genesis, when the people who lived in Canaan saw how sad the Egyptians were, they called the place "Abelmizraim," which means "the mourning of the Egyptians." This was because the Egyptians were very sad and crying a lot over someone important who had died.

Genesis 50:11: And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This [is] a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan. [Abelmizraim: that is, The mourning of the Egyptians]

Contradiction with Exodus 14:30

Describes the death of Egyptians at the Red Sea, contrasting with the cooperation and mourning seen in Genesis 50:11.

Exodus 14:30: Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:2

The Israelites complain and mourn in the wilderness, differing from the collaborative mourning by Egyptians in Genesis 50:11.

Numbers 14:2: And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 34:8

Israelites mourn Moses for thirty days, in contrast to the Egyptian mourning period for Jacob, emphasizing cultural differences in mourning practices.

Deuteronomy 34:8: And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended.

Contradiction with Joshua 5:9

God speaks of rolling away the "reproach of Egypt," implying a more negative view of Egypt, contrasting the positive cooperation in Genesis 50:11.

Joshua 5:9: And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. [Gilgal: that is Rolling]
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