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Note the contradiction in the following verses.
- Verse
Ex02-06
discussing
the discovery, by Pharoh's daughter, of baby Moses in a basket
states
And when she had opened it, she saw the child;
while
- Verse
Ex02-06
also discussing the discovery of Moses in a basket by Pharoh's daughter,
states
and, behold, the baby wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
We see the contradiction: Which is it?
Did Pharoh's daughter discover a baby or
child?
Rashi resolves this using the two aspects method
of resolution.
- Moses had the age of a baby but
- the demeanor of a child.
Advanced Rashi:
I make the following conjecture: Moses mother knew that
if the child cried she would be caught. Hence at the
first sign of crying by the child Moses' mother would run
to take care of him. This vested a certain regality in the
child--for the child learned that by a simple utterance of a cry
he would get what he wants. This differs from most babies
who cry excessively when they don't get what they want.
Pharoh's daughter was attracted to this regality and therefore
wanted to raise the child as her own. Hence the dual language
in the verse---agewise Moses was an infant but in demeanor and
maturity he had the regality of an older child.
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