Exodus 18:3
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
In context
1 Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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.”
4 The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
5 Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
Exodus 18:3 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- KJV King James Version
- 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:
- WEB World English Bible
- and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, 'a sojourner I have been in a strange land:'
- DBY Darby Translation
- and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom — for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land,
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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:)