Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ruth 1:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ruth 1:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ruth 1:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Ruth, this story begins during a time when special leaders, called judges, were in charge and there wasn't enough food. To find food, a man from Bethlehem traveled with his family to a place called Moab.

Ruth 1:1: Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. [ruled: Heb. judged]

Contradiction with Genesis 50:20

Ruth 1:1 mentions a famine as a misfortune, whereas Genesis 50:20 speaks of God turning intended harm into good, suggesting no real misfortune.

Genesis 50:20: But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:7

Ruth 1:1 describes a time of famine as a negative event, while Isaiah 45:7 claims that God creates both peace and calamity, implying divine control rather than misfortune.

Isaiah 45:7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25-26

Ruth 1:1 indicates a famine causing distress for survival, but Matthew 6:25-26 assures that God provides for all needs, including food.

Matthew 6:25-26: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

Ruth 1:1 suggests scarcity of resources, but Psalm 37:25 states that the righteous are never abandoned nor begging for bread.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
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