Exodus 18:3
and her two sons, of whom one was called Gershom, (for his father said, “I have been a newcomer in a foreign land,”)
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In Context
2he brought Zipporah, the wife of Moses, whom he was to return to him,
Cross References
Exodus 2:22And she bore a son to him, whom he called Gershom, saying, “I have been a newcomer in a foreign land.” In truth, she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying, “For the God of my father, my helper, has rescued me from the hand of Pharaoh.”
1 Chronicles 23:15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Acts 7:29Then, at this word, Moses fled. And he became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he produced two sons.
1 Peter 2:11Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:2-7
Jethro's Visit to Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help,… Read the whole commentary →