Israel God's firstborn son (Exodus 4:22)

Exodus 4:22-23:

"Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son, and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.”'"

Hosea 11:

“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from me.

Jeremiah 31 (Ephraim is 2nd son of Joseph and one of the 12 tribes of Israel)

9 They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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