²¹And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses ^tZipporah his daughter. ²²And she bare him a son, and he called his name ^||Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

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tch. 4:25. & 18:2.
||[That is, A stranger here.] Comp. ch. 18:3.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. 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)

Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 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

Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife. 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 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, “I am an alien in a foreign land.”