>>The Bible DOES NOT contradict itself.
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>In Genisis 32:30 Jacob says "I have seen God face to face".
>In Exodus 33:20 God says "Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live"
There is only contradiction there if you assume Jacob was a man.
Another possible explanation is that God got mad at men after the Genesis but before the Exodus.
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