Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 1:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 1:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 1:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the person who is thought to have written Exodus, this verse means that Jacob had a big family with seventy people, and his son Joseph was already living in Egypt.

Exodus 1:5: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already]. [loins: Heb. thigh]

Contradiction with Genesis 46:27

Genesis 46:27 states that there were seventy people in total who came to Egypt with Jacob, contradicting Exodus 1:5 which states sixty-six.

Genesis 46:27: And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.

Contradiction with Acts 7:14

Acts 7:14 mentions that seventy-five people went down to Egypt, differing from the sixty-six mentioned in Exodus 1:5.

Acts 7:14: Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
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