Thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn. Exodus 4:22
Ephraim is my [God's] firstborn. Jeremiah 31:9
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. Romans 8:29... his dear Son ... Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature. Colossians 1:13-15
