Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 1:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 1:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 1:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the king of Egypt asked the women helping with the births why they let the baby boys live. The king was surprised because he had told them to do something different.

Exodus 1:18: And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

Contradiction with Exodus 1:15-17

These verses precede Exodus 1:18 and describe how the Hebrew midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, which leads to the interrogation in Exodus 1:18, showing an instance of civil disobedience contradicting the expectation of obedience to authority.

Exodus 1:15-17: And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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