Exodus 2:22
“And she bare him a sonne, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange land.”
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Exodus 2:22 Context
20And he said vnto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that yee haue left the man? Call him, that hee may eate bread. 21And Moses was content to dwel with the man, and he gaue Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22And she bare him a sonne, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange land. 23¶ And it came to passe in processe of time, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came vp vnto God, by reason of the bondage. 24And God heard their groning, and God remembred his Couenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Iacob.
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Other Translations for Exodus 2:22
And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
- King James Version
Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
- Basic English Bible
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
- Darby Bible
And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
- Webster's Bible
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
- World English Bible
and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Exodus 2:22
2:22 Gershom - That is, A stranger there. Now this settlement of Moses in Midian was designed by Providence. To shelter him for the present; God will find hiding places for his people in the day of their distress. It was also designed to prepare him for the services he was farther designed to. His manner of life in Midian, where he kept the flock of his father - in - law would be of use to him, to inure him to hardship and poverty; and to inure him to contemplation and devotion. Egypt accomplished him for a scholar, a gentleman, a statesman, a soldier, all which accomplishments would be afterwards of use to him; but yet lacketh he one thing, in which the court of Egypt could not befriend him. He that was to do all by divine revelation must know, what it was to live a life of communion with God, and in this he would be greatly furthered by the retirement of a shepherd's life in Midian. By the former he was prepared to rule in Jeshurun, but by the latter he was prepared to converse with God in mount Horeb. Those that know what it is to be alone with God, are acquainted with better delights than ever Moses tasted in the court of Pharaoh.