Contradiction with Exodus 3:12
This verse promises that the Israelites will serve God upon Mount Sinai, which implies a future event, whereas Exodus 12:41 mentions the fulfillment of leaving Egypt occurring at the same time period.
Exodus 3:12: And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:1
States that God will drive out the nations before Israel, implying future conquest and settlement, which contrasts with the immediacy of the Exodus.
Deuteronomy 7:1: When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Contradiction with Numbers 33:3
References the departure date from Egypt as the 15th day, suggesting a specific timeline detail that may seem different from Exodus 12:41's broad 430-year completion.
Numbers 33:3: And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Contradiction with Galatians 3:17
Suggests that the Law came 430 years after the covenant with Abraham, which might conflict with the timeline concerning when the Israelites actually left Egypt.
Galatians 3:17: And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Contradiction with Acts 7:6
Mentions that Abraham's descendants would be in bondage for 400 years, presenting a numerical discrepancy with the 430 years mentioned in Exodus 12:41.
Acts 7:6: And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.
Paradox #1
There is a potential contradiction related to the timeline since some scholars argue that the period of 430 years mentioned for the Israelites' stay in Egypt does not align with archeological and historical records about the presence and duration of the Hebrews in Egypt. Additionally, there are differing interpretations and calculations regarding the exact timeline in biblical genealogies and external historical sources.