Cross references

Exodus 4:22

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Exodus 4:22 BSB

Exodus 4:22 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 11:1 (13 votes) and Romans 9:4 (8 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 6 to James 1.

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Which verses does Exodus 4:22 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Hosea 11:113 votes

    When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

  2. Romans 9:48 votes

    the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

  3. They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

  4. in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

  5. Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

  6. You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

  7. Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

  8. But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

  9. And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

  10. James 1:183 votes

    He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

Which verses point to Exodus 4:22?

The 10 strongest of 23.