Who Named Beersheba? Abraham or Isaac?

Genesis contains two accounts of Beersheba being named, and skeptics claim they both cannot be true. We address this concern in this video.
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[@thefriendssister]

This was great! It seems to me less of a contradiction and more like people just not reading for context. The chronological timeline you presented was a super helpful visual representation, thanks IP!

[@destroyer_oreos6725]

How y posted this 4 days ago

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[@thefriendssister]

@@destroyer_oreos6725 I’m a Patreon supporter so I’m able to see the videos a couple days early.

[@mpeters99]

I’ve found the vast majority of supposed contradictions in the Bible are from reading without context. Nothing more cringe than a non-believer quoting a one off Bible verse as a gotcha when the answer to their contradiction or issue is in the same passage haha

[@gracefulannie-grcflannie-]

I faced a similar situation on Twitter this morning. Somebody replied to a comment I made, asking how I explain a particular verse. After I looked it up, I told them to keep reading the chapter.

[@I-Am-He]

These longer form videos are always put together really well. Whilst the shorts that you put out can be funny at times… these ones here are by far my favourite.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Thank you

[@bikesrcool_1958]

@@InspiringPhilosophyHello, please could you make some shorts responding that satans guide video, which fails incredibly with its purpose but try’s to pass off its information as set in stone or completely reliable, and it’s gotten 600k views, though I understand if it’s a waste of time due to the toxic mockery of the video.

[@harrisonsamson]

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[@M.O.R.T360]

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[@WhatYourPastorDidntTellYou]

Do you mind if I ask why that is? Surely you don’t think that the evidence for Jesus’ resurrection goes away if there is actually a contradiction?

[@iPigus.]

​@@WhatYourPastorDidntTellYoueven if there's a contradiction (which I don't think), the evidence for Jesus' life and resurrection is another topic. Same goes for the phylosophical reasons for monotheism and theism

[@crazyand2099]

@@WhatYourPastorDidntTellYou it adds credibility that the Bible is, in fact, the perfect inspired word of God.

[@Mr.Harper-]

Very interesting. This is one alleged contradiction that I had never heard of. Thank you for explaining why it falls flat.

[@WhatYourPastorDidntTellYou]

Great job bringing the scholarship to us!

[@mysotiras21]

Nicely unpacked. I never saw these twin stories as duplicates. Rather, it seemed to me that the oath Isaac swore with Abimelech was a continuation of the narrative of Abimelech's encounter with Abraham.

[@DC-zz7fm]

Your videos are taking me to the next level of understanding the Scriptures. They are so useful to share the real meaning of the Bible with others. Thank you very much, IP, and God bless you and your family.

[@emryswilliams9190]

I was actually just reading through these chapters, and I thought I had deja vu. Thank you for the clarification!

[@renans.4292]

Great job as always man, keep up the good work. God bless you and your family!

[@user-xo6yu7qt2t]

Thank you so much for this, you have helped me strengthen my faith multiple times, much love IP❤

[@ryanparris1021]

Man…your library must be huge. You do great work sir please keep it up 👍

[@reasonforge9997]

Sometimes things don't seem to make immediate sense to me, particularly when I am not greatly familiar with them. But its a mistake to think that it must be because the thing has an error in it. Hope that some of the "higher critics" might someday share my realization.

[@ALavaPenguin]

Some of these criticisms i think are just willfully stupid going out of their way to understand how things are named. Take for example my dog. I have told people both that "I named my dog for reason X", and also I have told people "it was my sister who named my dog for reason y". Neither of these statements contradict despite being different people naming her and for different reasons. For my dog example [and no this isn't supposed to be a 1 to 1 analogy with the Beersheba thing]....I brought home my dog as a puppy and my sister was there. I had not decided on a name. It was my puppy, but I was open to suggestions. My sister and I discussed names and for reason Y my sister came up with the name she eventually got. I liked the name for reason X, a separate reason from my sister, and decided with my authority of it being my dog I would "name her" that. So yes, the person who named my dog was my sister specifically but also me and it was for both reason X but also for reason Y separately. It makes total sense in how people naturally speak and how things actually happen in history, yet if I were to tell a bible skeptic this dog naming scenario was in scripture they would suddenly get ridiculous blinders on and call it some crazy contradiction and must be false and not even try and see how actually it quite naturally all goes together.... THEN you could even add another wrinkle. I could even casually and honestly say to someone my Mother named my dog because guess what I didn't tell you she also was there and she was part of the dog naming process and while her names didn't get picked nor did she have the final authority in naming it, she also was part of the process and agreed with it when the final choice got made. This would be an honest and accurate statement, even if not fully specific to all the details of the scenario. It is like these skeptics just willfully forget how reality works and people speak and nitpick and little verses desperate for anything. Could I be more precise and exhaustive when I tell someone those statements? Sure, and sometimes I am, but language, conversation, and writing doesn't always work that way and shouldn't always even, and that is fine. It doesn't mean there is some massive contradiction in who named my dog and why my dog was named specifically what she was named nor that I was lying at any point about who did.

[@Archaeonauts]

That was very interesting. I don't know if I've ever noticed this supposed contradiction before. But your analysis of it is well done and makes it make sense as one story and not a contradiction and not the merging of two different accounts.

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[@macwade2755]

Great video InspiringPhilosophy! God bless you!

[@ETBrothers]

I'm studying religion in uni now. I wish your scholarly sources would have been part of the curriculumn to challenge the hypothesis you mentioned!

[@curtthegamer934]

I think, if we want to get technical, the text doesn't even say that Abraham named the place, or even that the place was named at that exact time. It just says it was called that because of that event. This leaves room for Isaac giving it the name later on.

[@obad.iah.]

I love your work

[@Suavemente_Enjoyer]

Great job! Thank you.

[@jesusbeliever9876]

I just read genisis 26 today, took a nap, woke up and saw this

[@brandonp2530]

Great job mate

[@TheHappyZappy]

This was your 777th video! It’s a sign!

[@FollowersofTheShepherd]

Very interesting!

[@FollowersofTheShepherd]

@twistedblood234 Mate, if you have any intellectual honesty, go pick up a commentary.

[@Habesha_Dude]

God bless you❤

[@ajgibson1307]

God bless

[@darkblade4340]

I read Genesis 4 times and never noticed that this naming occurs twice, but if I did, I would probably just interpret it as a repetition for the purpose of codifying the name change.

[@bilal535]

Hi, I once asked you about transcendental argument and you said that you don't use it? What's the problem with it?

[@margomitchell9379]

I want to learn more of this I need more understanding

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[@andrewwelch6294]

Yo, could u tell me the software you use to look up what words mean in the Bible, I’ve seen u use it in other videos, could anyone tell me what he uses?

[@MrYishaiShields]

Just some Hebrew pronunciation pointers. Avimelech Avee-mel-lich. The ch is gutteral like in Chanukah.

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[@angelmarriv]

Thanks IP! I am a teenager and wants to defend the Christian faith. I think I want to memorize all your videos as possible. For those who can see this message, do you have any suggestion on how I can delve into the field of apologetics? Any answers will be highly appreciated!

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[@johncena12366]

It is nice to defend ones faith, but, seeking truth is a better goal. Search other religions as well. Read about lifes of other religion founders such as Buddha, Confucius, Mohammad... and don't read other religions from Christian authors. Look up their own believers. Cheers.

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Hey @Inspiringphilosophy a KZbinr by the name prophet of zod who did a rebuttal on some of your videos can you do a rebuttal on him?

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[@OnTheThirdDay]

@IP can you talk about why genesis is not just a "just so" mythological retelling of the jews' history by making up the patriarchs. For instance, the account of Lot kinda comes off that way a little and it seemed weird to me that Jacob says that the scepter will not depart from judah but somehow it seemed unknown that it was a problem that Saul became king from the wrong tribe. I've been wondering about this for a while.

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[@AmericanShia786]

The "Higher" Critics of the 19th Century approached textual criticism with various idiosyncratic presuppositions. If there is no God, or if the Torah is not considered an inspired scripture, then there are no such thing as miracles, and ancient peoples did not vet their source documents when they were compiled later. Much of the content is considered legendary. These are just some of the presuppositions these scholars held. Archeological discoveries since this school of thought was propagated have shown evidence to support the historicity of the Torah. The problem is that those presuppositions became part of secular ideology to this day. These same presuppositions have been applied by secular scholars who study the New Testament and the Quran.

[@Charles_hodges]

Hey! I’d love to see your response to the video Satan’s guide to the Bible” it’s on KZbin.

[@yesenia3816]

How do you choose your sources?

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

I read a lot

[@crazyand2099]

One Biblical contradiction atheists and Muslims love to try and use is a verse in Kings where a guy is said to have become king twice but the original Hebrew says otherwise. have you done a video on that, and if you haven't, would you be able to.

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[@501Mobius]

To tell the truth I wouldn't have touched this subject with a ten-foot staff. It's not the name of Beersheva that is a problem it is because Abimelech and Phicol are in both stories of Abraham and Isaac and Abimelech was lusting after both Sarah and Rebekah some 75+ years apart. Not to mention Sarah would have been 89 years old at the time and Rebekah about 50. Gen. 21:32 Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army took Sarah, Abrahams wife. Later Gen. 26:26 Abimelech and Phicol, the commander came to Issac from Gerar. This was after Abraham died so would be 76+ years from the first meeting. Incredible that Abimelech and Phicol are all still alive and ruling. Why are there Philistines in this story? The Philistines did not invade Canaan before the Amarna Letters of the 14th Century and the first battle the Egyptians had with them was in 1175 BC.

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[@davidwas77]

Hey I'd be interested if you could do a reaction/response to the video/"documentary," 'Satan's Guide to the Bible." It's been going around KZbin attempting to "expose the secrets of the Bible" hosted by none other than "satan." They have a guy mockingly portraying Jesus as well, so that's fun. :| They even conveniently include their sources in the description.

[@nothingnothing7958]

Hey IP is the Durupinar site the true resting spot of the Ark?

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Probably not

[@nothingnothing7958]

@@InspiringPhilosophy do you think the story of the CIA seeing a boat in the side of a mountain in the 40s is the true Ark. If not do you think we haven't found it yet or it's just long gone.

[@carnivores_dh2008]

It’s a hoax. I know it’s not pleasant to believe, I believed it too, but experts actually investigated the site after Wyatt came:

[@amangirma2001]

How old was Joseph when he married Mary?

[@BongBing11]

Realistically it's unknown, Catholic tradition places him as a very old man, but even they say it's shaky. It's likely he was somewhat older though, old enough to have fathered sons.

[@ready1fire1aim1]

The standard interpretation of the Bible reads with the Genesis 1 character and the Genesis 2 character being the exact same character and this generates near 70,000 contradictions (see reason project). The non-contradictory Bible reads with the Genesis 1 character and the Genesis 2 character as polar opposite characters. Are contradictions false? 🤔

[@Ihaka17]

"Isaac" spelt wrong btw

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[@JaylenIrving]

Inspiring philosophy, can you do a video on godless engineer he did a video reacting to your video, claiming that a female goddess did not have the same biblical narrative as Jesus and he argues that you’re misinterpreting and you have a strong man argument

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

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[@JaylenIrving]

Inspiring philosophy, there is this Muslim KZbinr. I want you to respond to. This is called the Caraun and Bible blog.

[@JaylenIrving]

And this, Muslim KZbinr made a video about the martyrdom of the Christians, and claim that it’s a false event to believe that Christians were killed for their beliefs

[@JaylenIrving]

Hey Michael Jones, can you do a video on Derek Burnet? He made a video about you and your friends who responded to him about how he compares Jesus and Romulus and I want you to do a video on him.

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[@ready1fire1aim1]

Einstein's 3 + 1 space-time was supposed to be locally real (or, "more real") but quantum physics proved 3 + 1 are not locally real (or, "less real") a year ago. Materialism/Empiricism requires zero to be not-fundamental and nonzero to be fundamental. So, Materialism/Empiricism died a year ago. Try reading Leibniz since he was correct all along about zero and nonzero.

[@blahblahblacksheep6347]

Can you make a detailed video debunking the idea Rome created Christianity? The evidence seems merely to point to Rome using Christianity to their advantage but nothing more. Curious to see your take on this, as it’s causing confusion for me

[@misha49ish]

The more I learn about critical scholars the more I realize how they like the smell of their own farts.

[@skylerharris3914]

IP, please look at “Satan’s guide to the Bible.”

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[@johncena12366]

Why would God made his book so confusing and seemingly filled with contradictions that we need countless brain gymnastics to sort them out?

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These are not mental gymnastics.

[@BongBing11]

He didn't, and there are no real mental gymnastics. Humans are just kind of stupid, and translating is a little hard.