I also will make him {\i my} first-born,\par\tab The highest of the kings of the earth.
Exodus 4:22 - American Standard Version 2015 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, Israel is My son, even My firstborn. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: Common English Bible Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the LORD says: Israel is my oldest son. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall say to him: 'Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn. |
I also will make him {\i my} first-born,\par\tab The highest of the kings of the earth.
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
And thou shalt say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.
For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born {\i slave}? why is he become a prey?
They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.\par
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, {\b Out of Egypt did I call my son.}\par
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service {\i of God}, and the promises;
{\b And will be to you a Father,\par\tab And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,\par\tab saith the Lord Almighty.}
Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.\par