Exodus 4:22

New Century Version

Then say to the king, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

I will make him my firstborn son, the greatest king on earth.

Exodus 6:11

“Go tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land.”

Exodus 7:16

Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you. He said, ‘Let my people go worship me in the desert.’ Until now you have not listened.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our father. Abraham doesn’t know we are his children, and Israel doesn’t recognize us. Lord, you are our father. You are called “the one who has always saved us.”

Isaiah 64:8

But Lord, you are our father. We are like clay, and you are the potter; your hands made us all.

Jeremiah 2:14

Have the people of Israel become slaves? Have they become like someone who was born a slave? Why were they taken captive?

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

Hosea 11:1

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

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful says, “A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master.” I am a father, so why don’t you honor me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’

Matthew 2:15

And Joseph stayed in Egypt until Herod died. This happened to bring about what the Lord had said through the prophet: “I called my son out of Egypt.”

Romans 9:4

They are the people of Israel, God’s chosen children. They have seen the glory of God, and they have the agreements that God made between himself and his people. God gave them the law of Moses and the right way of worship and his promises.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be your father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.

Deuteronomy 32:6

This is not the way to repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people. He is your Father and Maker, who made you and formed you.

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn children whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.