Exodus 4:22
Exodus chapter 4 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
Context
v.21And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
v.22This passage
v.23and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- James 1:18
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- Isaiah 63:16
For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
- Deuteronomy 14:1
Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
- Romans 9:4
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
- Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
- Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.