Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 50:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 50:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 50:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Joseph told his brothers that he was going to die, but God would visit them and take them to a special place He promised to their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Joseph wanted them to trust that God would take care of them and keep His promise.

Genesis 50:24: And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Contradiction with Genesis 15:7

This verse speaks of God promising to give Abram (Abraham) the land to inherit, suggesting immediate promise rather than far future inheritance as implied in Genesis 50:24.

Genesis 15:7: And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:13

This verse mentions that the patriarchs died without receiving the promises, opposing the certainty of possession implied in Genesis 50:24.

Hebrews 11:13: These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. [in faith: Gr. according to faith]

Contradiction with Exodus 13:5

This verse speaks of God bringing the Israelites into the promised land, reflecting fulfillment rather than the future promise mentioned in Genesis 50:24.

Exodus 13:5: And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Contradiction with Acts 7:5

This verse states that Abraham was given no inheritance in the land by God, not even a place to set his foot, contrasting with the assured inheritance in Genesis 50:24.

Acts 7:5: And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

Contradiction with Hebrews 11:9

This verse describes living in the promised land as a foreigner, highlighting the lack of owned inheritance contradicting the future certainty in Genesis 50:24.

Hebrews 11:9: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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