He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.

In Egypt he killed all the first-born of people and animals alike.

He killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians; his love is eternal.

I told you to let my son go, so that he might worship me, but you refused. Now I am going to kill your first-born son.' "

Moses then said to the king, "The LORD says, 'At about midnight I will go through Egypt,

and every first-born son in Egypt will die, from the king's son, who is heir to the throne, to the son of the slave woman who grinds grain. The first-born of all the cattle will die also.

"On that night I will go through the land of Egypt, killing every first-born male, both human and animal, and punishing all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

At midnight the LORD killed all the first-born sons in Egypt, from the king's son, who was heir to the throne, to the son of the prisoner in the dungeon; all the first-born of the animals were also killed.

That night, the king, his officials, and all the other Egyptians were awakened. There was loud crying throughout Egypt, because there was not one home in which there was not a dead son.

It was faith that made him establish the Passover and order the blood to be sprinkled on the doors, so that the Angel of Death would not kill the first-born sons of the Israelites.

"Reuben, my first-born, you are my strength And the first child of my manhood, The proudest and strongest of all my sons.