Exodus 2:22
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Note Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for foreigner.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Note Gershom: that is, A stranger here
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Note “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Gershom
- i.e., a stranger here.
- 1 Chronicles 23:14–17
- for he said
- Exodus 2:10; Exodus 18:3; Exodus 22:21; 1 Chronicles 16:20; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:12; Psalm 119:19; Acts 7:29; Hebrews 11:13, 14