Exodus 2:22
World English Bible (WEB)
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
In context
20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exodus 2:22 in every translation
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.