Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 50:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 50:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 50:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Joseph and his brothers took their father Jacob back to the land of Canaan to bury him in a special cave that their ancestor Abraham had bought to be a family graveyard. This showed how important family was and how they wanted to honor their dad the way he wished.

Genesis 50:13: For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Contradiction with Genesis 23:19

States that Sarah was buried in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Hebron, not Joseph or his brothers.

Genesis 23:19: And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Contradiction with Acts 7:16

Suggests that bodies were laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money rather than the cave.

Acts 7:16: And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.

Contradiction with Isaiah 22:16

Talks about carving out a sepulchre in the rock, which differs from using an existing cave as was done for Joseph.

Isaiah 22:16: What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? [as...: or, O he]

Contradiction with Genesis 49:29-30

Suggests that Jacob was to be gathered unto his people and buried in the cave that Abraham bought, not necessarily limited to Joseph's actions.

Genesis 49:29-30: And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Contradiction with Matthew 27:60

It is about Jesus' burial in a new tomb hewn from rock, contrasting with Joseph's burial in the existing cave of Machpelah.

Matthew 27:60: And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
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