Contradiction with Matthew 5:44
Genesis 50:18 shows Joseph's brothers offering to be his servants, which can be seen as a self-protective act, while Matthew 5:44 instructs to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, advocating unconditional love rather than mere self-preservation.
Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Contradiction with 1 John 4:18
Joseph's brothers express fear in Genesis 50:18, but 1 John 4:18 states that perfect love casts out fear, implying that love should exist without fear.
1 John 4:18: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Contradiction with Romans 14:17
Genesis 50:18 is about reconciliation in a physical sense by offering servitude, while Romans 14:17 speaks of the kingdom of God as righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, emphasizing spiritual reconciliation over material or social solutions.
Romans 14:17: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:9
Genesis 50:18 shows an attempt to avoid retribution by offering slavery, while 1 Peter 3:9 instructs not to repay evil with evil or insult with insult but with blessing, emphasizing a proactive approach to overcoming grievances rather than preventive submission.
1 Peter 3:9: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Contradiction with Luke 6:29
When Joseph's brothers offer to become bondsmen in Genesis 50:18 seeking mercy, Jesus' teaching in Luke 6:29 suggests a principle of non-retaliation and even generosity towards aggressors, flipping the narrative from seeking mercy to offering it.
Luke 6:29: And unto him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not [to take thy] coat also.