Éxodo 2:22

22 Ella tuvo un hijo, y Moisés le puso por nombre Guersón,^[a] pues razonó: «Soy un extranjero en tierra extraña».

Éxodo 2:22 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:22

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom
Which signifies a "desolate stranger"; partly on his own account, he being in a foreign country, a stranger and sojourner; but not by way of complaint, but rather of thankfulness to God for providing so well for him in it; and partly on his son's account, that when he came to years of maturity and knowledge, he might learn, and in which Moses no doubt instructed him, that he was not to look upon Midian as his proper country, but that he was to be heir of the land of Canaan, and which he might be reminded of by his name:

for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land;
so Midian was to him, who was born in Egypt, and being an Hebrew, was entitled to the land of Canaan; this looks as if he had been at this time some years in Midian.

Éxodo 2:22 In-Context

20 —¿Y dónde está ese hombre? —les contestó—. ¿Por qué lo dejaron solo? ¡Invítenlo a comer!

21 Moisés convino en quedarse a vivir en casa de aquel hombre, quien le dio por esposa a su hija Séfora.

22 Ella tuvo un hijo, y Moisés le puso por nombre Guersón, pues razonó: «Soy un extranjero en tierra extraña».

23 Mucho tiempo después murió el rey de Egipto. Los israelitas, sin embargo, seguían lamentando su condición de esclavos y clamaban pidiendo ayuda. Sus gritos desesperados llegaron a oídos de Dios,

24 quien al oír sus quejas se acordó del pacto que había hecho con Abraham, Isaac y Jacob.

Footnotes

• [a]. En hebreo, "Guersón " suena como la frase que significa "extranjero allí" .