The tension: Genesis 10:7 and 1 Chronicles 1:9 list Dedan as the son of Raamah in the Cushite/Hamite line, while Genesis 25:3 and 1 Chronicles 1:32 list Dedan as the son of…
The tension: The Hebrew Bible repeatedly narrates theophanies in which God is seen face-to-face — by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, seventy elders, Manoah, Micaiah, Job, Isa…
The tension: A wide set of passages (Gen 14:19, 22; Exod 9:29; 19:5; Deut 10:14; Ps 24:1; 50:12; 89:11; 1 Cor 10:26) affirm that God owns the earth absolutely.
The tension: The Bible gives three different answers to how long Israel was in Egypt: 400 years in Genesis 15:13 and Acts 7:6, four generations in Genesis 15:16, and 430 ye…
The tension: Genesis 22:2 calls Isaac Abraham's "only son" — at the moment when Ishmael is already thirteen years old and demonstrably alive, and when Genesis 25 is about t…
The tension: Leviticus 18 and 20 and Deuteronomy 27 explicitly criminalize sex between half-siblings who share a father — it's called "a wicked thing" and draws a curse.
The tension: Hebrews 11:11 puts Sarah in the faith hall of fame — "through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive." Genesis 18:10-15 shows Sarah laughing at…
The tension: Genesis 15:16 promises Abraham's descendants will return to Canaan "in the fourth generation." But when you actually trace the genealogy Genesis and Exodus giv…
The tension: Genesis 21:14-18 describes Hagar carrying Ishmael on her shoulder, laying "the child" under a shrub, and being told to lift up "the lad" — infant language.
The tension: James 1:13 draws a hard line: "God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." Genesis 22:1 opens the Akedah by saying "God did tempt Abraham" a…
The tension: Genesis 25:1 says "then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah." 1 Chronicles 1:32 calls her "Abraham's concubine." In biblical Hebrew those are t…
