Exodus 4:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Exodus 4:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My firstborn - The expression would be perfectly intelligible to Pharaoh, whose official designation was “son of Ra.” In numberless inscriptions the Pharaohs are styled “own sons” or “beloved son...
Exodus 4:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my (k) firstborn: (k) Meaning, most dear to him.
Exodus 4:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:21-23 J. The Death of Pharaoh's Firstborn is Threatened. Exodus 4:22 f. seems to have been moved back hither from before Exodus 10:28 to serve as a general introduction to the Plagu...
Exodus 4:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Thus saith the LORD [Jehovah]. Occurs in Ex. three times, Exodus 4:22 ; Exodus 7:17 ; Exodus 9:1 . Literally "hath said"; as elsewhere. My son . Compare Matthew 2:15 .
Exodus 4:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. Israel is my son, even my first-born. God thus refutes, by anticipation, the only pretext by which Pharaoh could justify his refusal to let the people go. For Jacob had spontaneously sub...
Exodus 4:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Israel is my son, even my firstborn - That is, The Hebrew people are unutterably dear to me.
Exodus 4:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Israel is my son, &c.— See Psalms 89:27 ; Psalms 2:7 . This phrase is expressive of God's peculiar regard and favour to the people of Israel; whom he had chosen and adopted, as it were, to sh...
Exodus 4:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Israel is my son, even my first-born. The expression indicates special affection and interest.
Exodus 4:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Signs Attesting the Commission of Moses. His Return to Egypt Moses still hesitates, and now objects that the péople will not believe him when he tells them that Jehovah has sent him. He is granted...
Exodus 4:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Israel is my son. — Compare Hosea 11:1 . This tender relation, now first revealed, is not a mere metaphor, meaning “as dear to me as a son,” but a reality. The Israel of God enjoys the sonship of...
Exodus 4:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES OBEYS . Exodus 4:18-31 . Moses is now commissioned: he is to go to Egypt, and Aaron is coming thence to meet him. Yet he first returns to Midian, to Jethro, who is both his employer and...
Exodus 4:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses and Aaron Announce God's Purpose to Israel Exodus 4:18-31 So often the keenest tests of a man's fitness for his life-work are furnished by his behavior in his home. It may be that Zippora...
Exodus 4:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A further difficulty was now declared. The man who first doubted himself and then doubted because of his ignorance of God now doubted because of the people to whom he was to be sent. God had told him...
Exodus 4:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is the first time we meet with that solemn prefatory expression which, in the succeeding parts of scripture, holy men, acting under the divine authority, adopted: Thus saith the Lord. And when G...
Exodus 4:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shall say unto Pharaoh ,.... When arrived in Egypt, and in his presence: thus saith the Lord ; he was to declare to him that he came in his name, and by his orders, and, as an ambassador...
Exodus 4:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn: Ver. 22. Even my firstborn. ] And so "higher than the kings of the earth." Psa 89:27
Exodus 4:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Which I have put in thy hand In thy power: I will harden his heart After he has frequently hardened it himself, wilfully shutting his eyes against the light, I will at last permit Satan to harden...
Exodus 4:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

God's message to Moses has been so clear that it cannot be mistaken. He has made no secret of the opposition of Pharaoh, but has declared positively that He would enable Israel to triumph over this a...
Exodus 4:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Moses Returns in Egypt. B. C. 1491. 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father...
Exodus 4:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By my choice and adoption. They are most dear to me, and reserved by me out of all nations to be my peculiar people; and therefore I will no longer suffer thee to invade my right, nor them to live in...
Exodus 4:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Three Sons ( Exodus 4:21-26 ). This section could be described as being at the heart of the book of Exodus, for it deals with three attitudes that lie at the heart of God's dealings with the w...
Exodus 4:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:21-23 THE ANTICIPATION OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE I. That very frequently God causes good men to anticipate Christian service . 1. It is often anticipa...
Exodus 4:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:1 . They will not believe me. Then the Lord directed him to work a miracle, the most convincing evidence of divine authority, for the removal of unbelief. Exodus 4:2 . A rod. Milton h...
Exodus 4:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Israel is My son, even My firstborn. The primogeniture of the good I. That the good have a Divine father. 1. He is merciful to the children. 2. He vindicates the children from their foes....
Exodus 4:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 4:18-2 If Moses had, as we have supposed, been accepted into the Midianitish nation, he would need permission to withdraw himself from the tribal head. This head was now J...
Exodus 4:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses dismissed by Jethro
Exodus 4:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Israel. Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6 Deuteronomy 14:1 Jeremiah 31:9 Hosea 11:1 Romans 9:4 2 Corinthians 6:18 Hebrews 12:23 James 1:18
Exodus 4:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thus saith the Lord — This is the first time that preface is used by any man, which afterwards is used so frequently by all the prophets: Israel is my son, my first — born — Precious in my sight, h...

Exodus 4:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 4:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 4:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 4:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 4:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 4:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 4:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 4:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 4:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 4:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 4:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 4:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 4:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes