Exodus 4:22

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born):

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21And Hashem said unto Moshe, When thou goest to return into Mitzrayim, see that thou do all those mofetim before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine yad: but I will harden his lev, that he shall not let HaAm go.

23And I say unto thee, Let beni (My son) go, that he may serve Me: and if thou refuse to let him go, hinei, I will slay thy ben, even thy bechor.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice very carefully, and be shomer over My brit, then ye shall be a segullah (treasured possession) unto Me above all people; for kol ha'aretz is Mine;

Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus repay Hashem, 1 O foolish people without chacham? 1 Is not He Avicha that hath bought thee? 1 Hath He not made thee, and established thee? 1

Isaiah 64:8Be not in wrath ad me'od, Hashem, 1 neither remember avon forever; 1 behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all Thy people. 1

Jeremiah 31:9Hear the Devar Hashem, O ye Goyim, 1 and preach it in the farthest shores, and say: 1 He that scattered Yisroel will gather Yisroel, 1 and He shall be shomer over Yisroel, like a Ro'eh over the Eder thereof. 1

Malachi 1:6A ben honoreth his av, 1 and an eved his adon; 1 if then I be an Av, 1 where is Mine honor? 1 And if I be Adonim, 1 where is My reverence? 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os unto you, O kohanim, 1 that despise My Name. 1 But ye say: Wherein have we despised Thy name? 1

2 Corinthians 6:18And I will be to you an AV and you will be to me BANIM and BANOT (my sons and daughters), + 6:18 2Sm 7:8,14; Isa 43:6; Jer 31:9 says Adonoi Tzva'ot. + 6:18 Ex 4:22; 1Chr 17:13; Am 3:13; 4:13 TARGUM HASHIVIM Rv 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 21:22

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 →

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