He smote also all the first-born in their land,\par\tab The chief of all their strength.
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
To him that smote Egypt in their first-born;\par\tab For his lovingkindness {\i endureth} for ever;
Who smote the first-born of Egypt,\par\tab Both of man and beast;
And smote all the first-born in Egypt,\par\tab The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.
For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.