Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 2:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 2:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 2:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Exodus, this verse shows how God cares for Moses by making sure he is safe and loved, even when he was found in a basket on the river. God's plan ensures that Moses' own mother gets to take care of him and be paid for it.

Exodus 2:9: And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:12

This verse emphasizes honoring one's parents, while Exodus 2:9 involves Moses being raised away from his biological parents.

Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 1:24-28

Hannah willingly gives her son Samuel to Eli for service to the Lord, contrasting with Pharaoh's daughter raising Moses without biological parental consent.

1 Samuel 1:24-28: And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child [was] young.

Contradiction with Luke 2:51

Jesus remains obedient to Mary and Joseph, highlighting a family obedience which contrasts with Moses being raised outside his family in Exodus 2:9.

Luke 2:51: And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Contradiction with Proverbs 22:6

This verse advises training up a child in the way he should go, contrasting the separation from his Hebrew upbringing in Exodus 2:9.

Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. [Train...: or, Catechise] [in...: Heb. in his way]

Contradiction with Matthew 15:4-6

Jesus criticizes neglecting parental responsibility, contrasting the separate upbringing of Moses from his biological family in Exodus 2:9.

Matthew 15:4-6: For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
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