"And she bare {him} a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. {Gersho…" — Exodus 2:22

Exodus 2:22 · 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. {Gershom: that is, A stranger here}”

— Exodus 2:22

Verse 21

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

Verse 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.

Exodus 2 — Context

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.

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. {Gershom: that is, A stranger here}

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

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. {in faith: Gr. according to faith}

Acts 7:29

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

Exodus 22:21

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

1 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. {abiding: Heb. expectation}

1 Chronicles 16:20

And {when} they went from nation to nation, and from {one} kingdom to another people;

Psalms 119:19

I {am} a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Psalms 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}.

Exodus 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: {Gershom: that is A stranger there}