Exodus 18:3
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
In other versions
and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land:
ASV
And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:
BBE
and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom -- for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land,
DBY
and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,{"Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."} for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".
WEB
and her two sons, of whom the name of the one `is' Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:'
YLT
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an foreigner in a strange land:
ENG
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:)
WBT
along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
BSB
In context
1When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
2Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
3And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
4And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Gershom