And smoteallthe firstbornin Egypt,The first[issue] of their virilityin the tentsof Ham.
The sonsof Ham[were] Cushand Mizraimand Putand Canaan.
"Reuben,you are my firstborn;My mightand the beginningof my strength,Preeminentin dignityand preeminentin power.
Israelalso cameinto Egypt;Thus Jacobsojournedin the landof Ham.
They performedHis wondrousactsamong them, And miraclesin the landof Ham.
He also struckdownallthe firstbornin their land,The firstfruitsof alltheir vigor.
Wondersin the landof Ham[And] awesomethings by the RedSea.
He smotethe firstbornof Egypt,Bothof manand beast.
To Him who smotethe Egyptiansin their firstborn,For His lovingkindnessis everlasting,
For I will gothroughthe landof Egypton that night,and will strikedownallthe firstbornin the landof Egypt,bothmanand beast;and against allthe godsof EgyptI will executejudgments--I am the LORD.
It cameabout, whenPharaohwas stubbornabout lettingus go,that the LORDkilledeveryfirstbornin the landof Egypt,boththe firstbornof manand the firstbornof beast.Therefore,I sacrificeto the LORDthe males,the firstoffspringof everywomb,but everyfirstbornof my sonsI redeem.'
By faithhe keptthe Passoverand the sprinklingof the blood,sothat he who destroyedthe firstbornwould not touchthem.
