Exodus 4:22 Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son,

English Standard Version
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son,

New American Standard Bible
"Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, "Israel is My son, My firstborn.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.

International Standard Version
You are to say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: "Israel is my firstborn son.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born is Israel,

Cross References

Matthew 2:15
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

Hebrews 12:23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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

Exodus 7:16
And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, till now you would not hear.

Psalm 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 63:16
Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: you, O LORD, are our father, our redeemer; your name is from everlasting.

Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:18-23 After God had appeared in the bush, he often spake to Moses. Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the oppressed Israelites; and now God, in the way of righteous judgment, hardens his heart against the teaching of the miracles, and the terror of the plagues. But whether Pharaoh will hear, or whether he will forbear, Moses must tell him, Thus saith the Lord. He must demand a discharge for Israel, Let my son go; not only my servant, whom thou hast no right to detain, but my son. It is my son that serves me, and therefore must be spared, must be pleaded for. In case of refusal I will slay thy son, even thy first-born. As men deal with God's people, let them expect so to be dealt with.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

20. Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass—Septuagint, "asses." Those animals are not now used in the desert of Sinai except by the Arabs for short distances.

returned—entered on his journey towards Egypt.

he took the rod of God—so called from its being appropriated to His service, and because whatever miracles it might be employed in performing would be wrought not by its inherent properties, but by a divine power following on its use. (Compare Ac 3:12).