Exodus 18:3
and her two sons,—of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2So Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife,—after she had been sent home;
Cross References
Exodus 2:22And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom,—for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
1 Chronicles 23:15The sons of Moses, were Gershom, and Eliezer.
Acts 7:29And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
1 Peter 2:11Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field 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 →