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Exodus 2:22

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22And she bore him a son. He called his name cGershom, 4for he said, “I have been da 5stranger in a foreign land.”

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  1. 4Lit. Stranger There
  2. 5sojourner, temporary resident

Cross references

  1. cEx. 4:20; 18:3, 4
  2. dGen. 23:4; Lev. 25:23; Acts 7:29; Heb. 11:13, 14

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.