Exodus 4:22

In 11 translations

BSB

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and you have said to Pharaoh, Thus said YHWH: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Then thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my sonne, euen my first borne.

JPS

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh: Thus saith the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born.

LXXE

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּנִ֥י בְכֹרִ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Σὺ δὲ ἐρεῖς τῷ Φαραῴ, τάδε λέγει Κύριος, υἱὸς πρωτότοκός μου Ἰσραήλ.

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• Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
• Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
• Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My…
• Hebrews 12:23in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
• Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These…
• Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
• Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
• Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
• James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

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