Esodo 2:22

22 Ed ella partorì un figliuolo, ed egli gli pose nome Ghersom; perciocchè disse: Io sono stato forestiere in paese strano.

Esodo 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.

Esodo 2:22 In-Context

20 Ed egli disse alla sue figliuole: E dov’è egli? perchè avete lasciato là quell’uomo? chiamatelo, che prenda cibo.

21 E Mosè acconsentì di dimorar con quell’uomo: ed egli diede a Mosè Sippora, sua figliuola.

22 Ed ella partorì un figliuolo, ed egli gli pose nome Ghersom; perciocchè disse: Io sono stato forestiere in paese strano.

23 Or avvenne che in quel mezzo tempo, che fu lungo, il re di Egitto morì; e i figliuoli d’Israele sospirarono per la servitù, e gridarono; e le lor grida, che gittarono per la servitù, salirono a Dio.

24 E Iddio intese i loro stridi, e si ricordò del suo patto con Abrahamo, con Isacco, e con Giacobbe.