Exodus 4:22

Exodus chapter 4 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.