‘Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go from his land.’
Exodus 4:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son. 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. |
‘Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go from his land.’
Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But so far you have not listened.
Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognise us. You, Lord, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times.
Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why else has he become a prey?
They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. , I will lead them to wadis filled with water, by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’
He stayed there until Herod’s death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called my Son. ,
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.
And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty. ,
‘You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator? , Didn’t he make you and sustain you?
to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,
By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.