KJV King James Version
And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
WEB World English Bible
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
ASV American Standard Version
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, ‘A sojourner I have been in a strange land.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] enough for us, and watered the flock.
20 And 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.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
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.
23 And 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.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them].
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וַתֵּ֣לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetבֵּ֔ןH1121 · benson: childוַיִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameגֵּרְשֹׁ֑םH1647 · ge.re.shomGershomכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאָמַ֔רH559 · a.marto sayגֵּ֣רH1616 · gersojournerהָיִ֔יתִיH1961 · ha.yahto beבְּאֶ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetנָכְרִיָּֽה׃ פH5237 · nokh.riforeign
Cross-references
Acts 7:29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.Hebrews 11:13-14These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.1 Chronicles 29:15For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.Psalm 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].1 Chronicles 16:20And [when] they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people;Psalm 119:19I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.Exodus 18:3-4And her two sons; of which the name of the one [was] Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:1 Chronicles 23:14-17Now [concerning] Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.Exodus 2:10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
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