Exodus 4:22
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And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

Israel.

Exodus 19:5,6 If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine. . . .

Deuteronomy 14:1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness for the dead;

Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Hosea 11:1 As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel passed away. Because Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.

Romans 9:4 Who are Israelites: to whom belongeth the adoption as of children and the glory and the testament and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises:

2 Corinthians 6:18 And I will receive you. And will be a Father to you: and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Hebrews 12:23 And to the church of the firstborn who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

James 1:18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creature.

Context
Moses Leaves for Egypt
21And the Lord said to him as he was returning into Egypt: See that thou do all the wonders before Pharao, which I have put in thy hand: I shall harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. 22And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.23I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.…
Cross References
Matthew 2:15
That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites: to whom belongeth the adoption as of children and the glory and the testament and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises:

Hebrews 12:23
And to the church of the firstborn who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Exodus 6:11
Go in, and speak to Pharao king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Exodus 7:16
And thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to thee, saying: Let my people go to sacrifice to me in the desert: and hitherto thou wouldst not hear.

Psalm 89:27
And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 63:16
For thou art our father, and Abraham hath not known us, and Israel hath been ignorant of us: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.

Isaiah 64:8
And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Hosea 11:1
As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel passed away. Because Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.

Lexicon
Then tell
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

Pharaoh [that]
פַּרְעֹ֑ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

this is what
כֹּ֚ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

is My firstborn
בְכֹרִ֖י (ḇə·ḵō·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1060: Firstborn, chief

son,
בְּנִ֥י (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

And thou shalt say to Pharao, These things saith the Lord, Israel is my first-born.

And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn:

And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born.

You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born is Israel,
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