World English Bible
Exodus 4:22
“You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,”
Verse in context — Exodus 4
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.
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.
You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
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.
It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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