Exodus 18:3
and his two sons, of which one was called Gershom, for the father at his birth (had) said, I was a comeling in an alien land (or I was a newcomer in a foreign land),
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In Context
2Jethro took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, whom Moses had sent again (or whom Moses had sent back to him),
Cross References
Exodus 2:22And she childed a son to him, whom he called Gershom + 2:22 In Hebrew, ‘ Gershom’ sounds like the word for ‘foreigner’., and said, I was a comeling in an alien land, (or And she bare a son for him, whom he called Gershom, and said, For I am a newcomer in a foreign land). Forsooth she childed another son, whom he called Eliezer + 2:22 In Hebrew, ‘ Eliezer’ sounds like the words for ‘God helps me’., and said, For [the] God of my father is mine helper, and he delivered me from the hand of Pharaoh.
1 Chronicles 23:15The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
Acts 7:29And in this word Moses flew, and was made a comeling in the land of Madian (or and was made a newcomer in the land of Midian), where he begat two sons.
1 Peter 2:11Most dear (ones), I beseech you, as comelings, [or as guests], (or as newcomers), and pilgrims, to abstain you from fleshly desires, that fight 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 →