Exodus 4:22
And thou shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says LORD, Israel is my son, my first-born,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be my own possession from among all peoples, for all the earth is mine,
Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father who has bought thee? He has made thee, and established thee.
Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, thou are our Father. We are the clay, and thou our potter, and we are all the work of thy hand.
Jeremiah 31:9They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Malachi 1:6A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy na
2 Corinthians 6:18and will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says Lord Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:19-24
Moses Returns in Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his… Read the whole commentary →