Exodus 2:22
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.In other versions
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
ASV
And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
BBE
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
DBY
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
WEB
and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
YLT
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
ENG
And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
WBT
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
BSB
In context
20And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Cross-references
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- Gershom