Exodus 2:22
King James Version (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.
In context
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.
22 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.
Exodus 2:22 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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 World English Bible
- She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.