Exodus 2:22

And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange 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 happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

23Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

Exodus 22:21Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 23:14And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.

Psalms 39:12\39:11\By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Acts 7:29And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had 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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