Exodus 2:22
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- KJV
- And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
- WEB
- She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- ASV
- And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
- DARBY
- And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
- BLB
- And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have become a sojourner in a foreign land.”
- ÅB
- Hun fikk en sønn, og han kalte ham Gersom[^2]; for han sa: Jeg er blitt en gjest i et fremmed land.
- OTB
- Sippora fødte en sønn, og Moses kalte ham Gersjom, og sa: «Jeg er blitt en vandrer i et fremmed land.»
- B1930
- Hun fikk en sønn, og han kalte ham Gersom; for han sa: Jeg er blitt en gjest i et fremmed land. / < utlending der.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 11:13–14
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Read in contextActs 7:29
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Read in contextExodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextPsalms 119:19
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
Read in contextPsalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Read in context1 Chronicles 16:20
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
Read in contextExodus 18:3–4
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:
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