Exodus 4:22

You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘ Adonai says, Israel [God prevails] is my son, my firstborn,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “When you go back into Egypt [Abode of slavery], see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

23and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may abad ·serve· me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’”

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed sh'ma ·hear obey· my voice, and sh'ma ·hear obey· keep my covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·, then you shall be my own segulah ·special treasure· from among all peoples; + 19:5. Quoted in 1 Pet 2:9 for all the earth is mine;

Deuteronomy 32:6Is this the way you repay Adonai, 2 foolish and unwise people? 1 Is not he your father who has bought you? 2 He has made you and established you. 1 (2)

Isaiah 64:8But now, Adonai, you are our Father. 2 We are the clay, and you our potter. 2 We all are the work of your hand. 1

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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