²² And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

²⁷ Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

⁹ They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

²⁹ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

¹⁵ Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

¹⁵ Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: