Exodus 4:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my first-born son,

Cross References

Hosea 11:1

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

Romans 9:4

They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;

Hebrews 12:23

and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

Isaiah 64:8

Yet, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; we are all the work of thy hand.

Isaiah 63:16

For thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer from of old is thy name.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Matthew 2:15

and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt have I called my son.”

Exodus 6:11

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

Exodus 7:16

And you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; and behold, you have not yet obeyed.”

Psalm 89:27

And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus requite the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

Jeremiah 2:14

“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant? Why then has he become a prey?

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. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’