Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 2:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 2:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 2:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this means that a princess found a special basket floating in the river where a baby was hidden, so she asked her helper to bring it to her. This is important because it shows how God was taking care of the baby in the basket, who would become a very important person named Moses.

Exodus 2:5: And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash [herself] at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Contradiction with Exodus 2:3

Exodus 2:5 mentions Pharaoh's daughter finding the ark with Moses. Exodus 2:3 describes his mother hiding him, suggesting secrecy opposite to being found.

Exodus 2:3: And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink.

Contradiction with Exodus 14:27

In Exodus 2:5, Pharaoh's daughter rescues Moses from water; in Exodus 14:27, the waters destroy Egyptians, showing opposing outcomes with water.

Exodus 14:27: And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. [overthrew: Heb. shook off]

Contradiction with Matthew 2:13

Exodus 2:5 involves salvation from water, contrasting with Matthew 2:13, where Joseph is warned to flee for Jesus' safety, highlighting a preemptive escape vs. unintentional discovery.

Matthew 2:13: And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:17

Exodus 2:5 speaks of deliverance from water, opposing Genesis 6:17's narrative of water as an instrument of destruction during the flood.

Genesis 6:17: And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.

Paradox #1

One possible contradiction involves the identity and role of Pharaoh's daughter in rescuing Moses. Historically, the Egyptian royal family had strict social and cultural practices that might have made it unlikely for a princess to violate them by adopting a Hebrew child. Additionally, Egyptian records do not mention this event, leading to questions about its historicity.

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