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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 4:22

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, honourable, and dear to me.

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See also Exodus 4:22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 4:22. _ISRAEL IS MY SON_, EVEN _MY FIRSTBORN_] That is, The Hebrew people are unutterably dear to me....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 sons” of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4:1-28 MOSES' OBJECTIONS, JEHOVAH'S ANSWER AND THE RETURN TO EGYPT _ 1. The first objection (Exodus 4:1)_ 2. The two signs and Jehovah's assurance (Exodus 4:2) 3. The second objection (Exod...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 4:21 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 Plagues, receiving...

  • 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 Matt

  • 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 share the fir...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 4 And Mo-ses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Je-ho-vah hath not appeared unto thee. (2) And Je-ho...

  • 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....

  • 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 th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ISRAEL IS MY SON, _even_ MY FIRSTBORN] This expresses God's choice of Israel as His peculiar people: cp. Deuteronomy 14:1; Hosea 11:1; Jeremiah 31:9, and see on...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 4 THE *LORD GIVES GREAT POWER TO MOSES – VERSES 1-9 God shows his po...

  • 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 adopt...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אָמַרְתָּ֖ אֶל ־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    MOSES OBEYS _._ Exodus 4:18. 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 the head...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MOSES AND AARON ANNOUNCE GOD'S PURPOSE TO ISRAEL Exodus 4:18 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 Zipporah had res...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my (k) firstborn: (k) Meaning, most dear to him....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER IV. _ First-born, heir to my promises, and the object of my complacency._...

  • 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 Go...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 submitted hi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Moses still raises difficulties, and God gives him again signs, remarkable signs. The two first seem to me in their character-types, the first, of sin and of its healing; the second, of power, which,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 of hi...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses rod is turned into a Serpent. 6 His hand is leprous. 10 He is loath to bee sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Iethro. 21 Gods message to Pharaoh. 24 Zippo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is My son, even my first-born;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    MOSES DISMISSED BY JETHRO...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto 2thee. And Jehovah said unto him, What _is_...

  • Leslie 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 an...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-23 After God had appeared in the bush, he often spake to Moses. Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the oppressed Israelites; and now God, in the way of righteous ju...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    We are still called to linger at the foot of Mount Horeb, at "the backside of the desert;" and, truly, the air of this place is most healthful for the spiritual constitution. Man's unbelief and God's...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 4:22 say H559 (H8804) Pharaoh H6547 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Israel H3478 son H1121 firstborn...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THREE SONS (EXODUS 4:21). 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 world: His...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Moses' objections. Unbelief of the people and Moses' lack of eloquence. Return to Egypt. Message delivered to elders. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Jethro, Zipporah, elders. CONCLUSION: U...

  • 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 has dis...

  • 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. II. T...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:18 These verses are a transition from Moses’ exile in Midian to his return to Egypt. ⇐ ⇔

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:22 ISRAEL IS MY FIRSTBORN SON. God has remembered his covenant with Abraham (see Genesis 15:13). He will bring his people to the land promised

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:21_ THE ANTICIPATION OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE I. THAT VERY FREQUENTLY GOD CAUSES GOOD MEN TO ANTICIPATE CHRISTIAN SERVICE. 1. _It is often anticipated as the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 Jether, or...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me (Exodus 4:1), Now he's not convinced. They're gonna say, "Who sent you?" "All right", God said, "Tell them Jehovah God, the God of y...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Israel. Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6 Deuteronomy 14:1 Jeremiah 31:9 Hosea 11:1

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