Exodus 2:22
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
KJV
quæ peperit ei filium, quem vocavit Gersam, dicens : Advena fui in terra aliena. Alterum vero peperit, quem vocavit Eliezer, dicens : Deus enim patris mei adjutor meus eripuit me de manu Pharaonis.
Vulgate
ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ ἔτεκεν υἱόν· καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν Μωυσῆς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Γηρσάμ, λέγων Ὅτι πάροικός εἰμι ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ.
LXX
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
ASV
וַ/תֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א אֶת שְׁמ֖/וֹ גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 16:20 — And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
- 1Chr 23:14 — Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
- 1Chr 23:15 — The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
- 1Chr 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.
- 1Sam 1:20 — Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
- Acts 7:29 — Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
- Exod 18:3 — 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:
- Exod 18:3 — 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:
- Exod 22:21 — Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Heb 11:13 — 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 eart
- Judg 18:30 — And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 119:19 — I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.