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.

Darby Translation

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 consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

23And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and 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 riding upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 23:14And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

Acts 7:29And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat 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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