Exodus 18:3

And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a strange land:

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2Then Iethro the father in lawe of Moses, tooke Zipporah Moses wife, (after he had sent her away)

4And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)

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Cross References

Exodus 2:22And she bare a sonne, whose name he called Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange lande.

1 Chronicles 23:15The sonnes of Moses were Gershom, and Eliezer,

Acts 7:29Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begate two sonnes.

1 Peter 2:11Dearely beloued, I beseeche you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstaine from fleshly lusts, which fight against the soule,

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 →

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