22You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,


In Context

19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, |Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.|

20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.

21 Yahweh said to Moses, |When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

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

23 and I have said to you, |Let my son go, that he may serve me;| and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'|

24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.

Exodus 4:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born is Israel,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: