Catholic Public Domain Version
"And you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son. "
— Exodus 4:22, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:”
“And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: ”
“You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,”
“You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,”
“And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.”
“And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:”
“And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:”
And so the Lord said to Moses in Midian: “Go, and return to Egypt. For all those who sought your life have died.”
Therefore, Moses took his wife and his sons, and he placed them upon a donkey, and he returned into Egypt, carrying the staff of God in his hand.
And the Lord said to him, as he was returning to Egypt: “See that you accomplish, in the sight of Pharaoh, all the wonders that I have placed in your hand. I will harden his heart, and he will not release the people.
And you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.
I have said to you: Release my son, so that he may serve me. And you were not willing to release him. Behold, I will put to death your firstborn son.’ ”
And while he was on the journey, at an inn, the Lord met him, and he was willing to kill him.
For this reason, Zipporah took a very sharp stone, and she circumcised the foreskin of her son, and she touched his feet, and she said, “You are a bloody spouse to me.”