Exodus 18:2–3
Exodus 18:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;
Exodus 18:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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:
Exodus 18:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
2 Earlier, Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro, who had taken them in. 3 (Moses’ first son was named Gershom, for Moses had said when the boy was born, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Exodus 18:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 with her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land”)
Exodus 18:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
2 Now Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to Jethro, his father-in-law, 3 along with his two sons. The first son was named Gershom, because when he was born, Moses said, “I am a stranger in a foreign country.”
Exodus 18:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
2 And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away, 3 and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land:
Exodus 18:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
2 And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom—for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land,
Exodus 18:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
2 When Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had taken her in, 3 along with her two sons. The one son was named Gershom [Foreigner], because Moses said, “I was a foreigner living in another country.”
Exodus 18:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”)
Exodus 18:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back, 3 along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land”),
Exodus 18:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2 And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after her sending away, 3 and her two sons—the one whose name was Gershom, for he had said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land,”
Exodus 18:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
2 Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to his father-in-law. So Jethro welcomed her 3 and her two sons. One son was named Gershom. That’s because Moses had said, “I’m an outsider in a strange land.”
Exodus 18:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
3 and her two sons, of whom one was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”