Exodus 4:22

The Lord seith these thingis, My firste gendrid sone is Israel;

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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

21And the Lord seide to hym turnynge ayen in to Egipt, Se, that thou do alle wondris, whiche Y haue put in thin hond, bifore Farao; Y schal make hard + 4:21 I shal make harde, that is, I shal suffre that his herte be maad hard. The glose here. God is not cause of the hardynge of herte in as miche as it is synne, for so it is of fre wille; but God is cause of hardynge of the herte in as miche as it is peyne, for in peyne of synne don bifore he withdrawith grace, to whiche grace it perteyneth to maken neisshe the herte; and therefor whan grace is withdrawe, mannis herte is maad hard in his euyl. his herte, and he schal not delyuere the puple; and thou schalt seie to hym,

23Y seide to thee, delyuere thou my sone, that he serue me, and thou noldist delyuere hym; lo! Y schal sle thi firste gendrid sone.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Therfor if ye schulen here my vois, and schulen kepe my couenaunt, ye schulen be to me in to a specialte + 19:5 In Ebru it is, ye shulen be a frendshipe, that is, a thing louyd excellently. of alle puplis; for al the lond is myn;

Deuteronomy 32:6Whether thou yeldist these thingis to the Lord, thou fonned puple and vnwijs? Whether he is not thi fadir, that weldide thee, and made, `and made thee of nouyt?

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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