Exodus 2:22

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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WEBBE

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”

BSB

And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

KJV

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

ASV

And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

BBE

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.

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וַתֵּלֶד va·te·led and she bore H3205 בֵּן ben a son H1121 וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called H7121 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שְׁמוֹ she·mo name his H8034 גֵּרְשֹׁם ge·re·shom Gershom H1647 כִּי ki for H3588 אָמַר 'a·mar he said H559 גֵּר ger a sojourner H1616 הָיִיתִי ha·yi·ti I have become H1961 בְּאֶרֶץ be·'e·retz in a land H776 נָכְרִיָּה פ na·khe·ri·yah foreign H5237

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 16–22

Moses found shelter in Midian. He was ready to help Reuel's daughters to water their flocks, although bred in learning and at court. Moses loved to be doing justice, and to act in defence of such as he saw injured, which every man ought to do, as far as it is in his power. He loved to be doing good; wherever the providence of God casts us, we should desire and try to be useful; and when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can. Moses commended himself to the prince of Midian; who married one of his daughters to Moses, by whom he had a son, called Gershom, "a stranger there," that he might keep in remembrance the land in which he had been a stranger.

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