Gershom

Birthplace: Midian

Belongs to: Tribe of Levi

Father: Moses

Mother: Zipporah

Children: Shubael

Siblings: Eliezer

Several people in the Bible have this name. The verses below may mix them up.

Mentioned in 5 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Gershom is mentioned

  • 1 Chronicles 23:15–16

    15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

    16 The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:24

    Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.

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  • 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.”

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  • Exodus 18:2–3

    2 After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,

    3 along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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