Exodus 2:22

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

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In The 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.

In Context

21And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

Exodus 22:21And thou shall not wrong a sojourner, neither shall thou oppress him, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 23:14But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry. Keep not silent at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Acts 7:29And Moses fled at this word, and became an alien in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:17-23

The Marriage of Moses. ( b. c. 1533.) 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? 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… Read the whole commentary →

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