Exodus 2:22

22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[a] saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

Exodus 2:22 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."
NLT
22 Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he explained, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
MSG
22 She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom (Sojourner), saying, "I'm a sojourner in a foreign country."
CSB
22 She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, "I have become a stranger in a foreign land."

Exodus 2:22 In-Context

20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.
24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Judges 18:30
  • 2. S Genesis 23:4; Exodus 18:3-4; Hebrews 11:13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "a foreigner there."
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