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Exodus 2:22

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22who bore him a son. Moses said to himself, “I am a foreigner in this land, and so I name him Gershom.”d

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  1. dgershom: This name sounds like the Hebrew for “foreigner”.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he explained, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, “I am an alien in a foreign land.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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