Exodus 4:22

Modern English Version

You shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is My son, even My firstborn.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

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

Exodus 6:11

“Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”

Exodus 7:16

Then you are to say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness.” But up to this point you have not listened!

Isaiah 63:16

For You are our Father, though Abraham is ignorant of us and Israel does not recognize us. You, O  Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer; Your name is from everlasting.

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O  Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; and we all are the work of Your hand.

Jeremiah 2:14

Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why has he been plundered?

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

Hosea 11:1

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

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says the Lord of Hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, “How have we despised Your name?”

Matthew 2:15

and remained there until the death of Herod, to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet, “Out of Egypt I have called My Son.”

Romans 9:4

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

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people? Is He not your father, who has bought you? Has He not made you, and established you?

Hebrews 12:23

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven; to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of the righteous ones made complete;

James 1:18

Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.