Exodus 2:22

She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I'm an exile living in a foreign country.”

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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

21Moses agreed to stay with the man, who arranged for his daughter Zipporah to marry Moses.

23Years later, the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still groaning under their hard labor. Their cries for help because of their hardship reached God.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:20Moses put his wife and sons on a donkey and went back to Egypt, carrying the walking stick that God had used to perform miracles.

Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or mistreat a foreigner. Remember that you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.

1 Chronicles 23:14As for Moses, the man of God, his sons were included with the tribe of Levi.

Psalms 39:12Please hear my prayer, Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Don't be deaf to my weeping. Please treat me as your guest, passing through, just like my forefathers.

Acts 7:29When he heard this, Moses ran away. He went and lived in exile in the land of Midian, where two sons were born to him.

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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