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Exodus 4:22
And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
Exodus 4:22 · Bible in Basic English
Exodus 4:22 in other translations
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘The LORD says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
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In context
19 And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.
22 And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
23 And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.
24 Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.
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