Genesis 11:5
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die… Although the Torah is explicit that the firstborn males of God’s people belong to him, it is implicit that the firstborn males of all other nations also belong to him. No matter one’s cultural inheritance, God’s intent for the firstborn is to act as his family’s kinsman redeemer. In taking the firstborn, as opposed to the youngest or the strongest, God denied the Egyptians their kinsmen redeemers. It was the ultimate declaration of ownership.
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