Exodus 4:22 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, Israel is My son, even My firstborn.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

Common English Bible

²² Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the LORD says: Israel is my oldest son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² And you shall say to him: 'Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

English Standard Version 2016

²² Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,

Exodus 4:22 Cross References

Psalm 89:27

Also I will make him my firstborn, Higher than the kings of the earth.

Exodus 6:11

Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Exodus 7:16

And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

Isaiah 63:16

Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our Father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Jeremiah 2:14

Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Matthew 2:15

and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Romans 9:4

who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

2 Corinthians 6:18

And will be a Father unto you, And ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Deuteronomy 14:1

Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee, and established thee?

Hebrews 12:23

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

James 1:18

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.