Exodus 18:3

3 und ihre zwei Söhne, von denen der Name des einen Gersom war, denn er sprach: Ein Fremdling bin ich geworden in fremdem Lande,

Exodus 18:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 18:3

And her two sons
Those also Jethro took along with him and his daughter:

of which the name of the one was Gershom;
which seems to be his firstborn, ( Exodus 2:22 ) , his name signifies a desolate stranger, as some, or, "there I was a stranger": the reason of which name follows agreeably thereunto:

for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land;
meaning, not the land of Egypt, where he was born, and had lived forty years; but in the land of Midian, where he was when this son of his was born; and which name was given him partly to keep up the memory of his flight to Midian, and partly to instruct his son, that Midian, though his native place, was not his proper country where he was to dwell, but another, even the land of Canaan.

Exodus 18:3 In-Context

1 Und Jethro, der Priester von Midian, der Schwiegervater Moses, hörte alles, was Gott an Mose und an Israel, seinem Volke, getan, daß Jehova Israel aus Ägypten herausgeführt hatte.

2 Und Jethro, der Schwiegervater Moses, nahm Zippora, das Weib Moses, nach ihrer Heimsendung,

3 und ihre zwei Söhne, von denen der Name des einen Gersom war, denn er sprach: Ein Fremdling bin ich geworden in fremdem Lande,

4 und der Name des anderen Elieser: denn der Gott meines Vaters ist meine Hilfe gewesen und hat mich errettet vom Schwerte des Pharao;

5 und Jethro, der Schwiegervater Moses, und seine Söhne und sein Weib kamen zu Mose in die Wüste, wo er gelagert war am Berge Gottes.