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Exodus 18:3

and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, 'a sojourner I have been in a strange land:'

Young's Literal Translation

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

2and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

4and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, 'the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'

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Cross References

Exodus 2:22and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'

1 Chronicles 23:15Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

Acts 7:29'And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I call upon [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war 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 →

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