Exodus 18:3

In 11 translations

BSB

along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner.

KJV

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

WEB

and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.“Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.

ASV

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:

LSV

and her two sons, of whom the name of one [is] Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land”;

YLT

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

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,

DRC

And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam, his father saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

GNV

And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a strange land:

JPS

and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land';

LXXE

and her two sons: the name of the one was Gersam, his father saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land;—

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WLC

וְאֵ֖ת שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֑יהָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאֶחָד֙ גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

LXX-Br

καὶ τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς αὐτῆς· ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ αὐτῶν Γηρσάμ, λέγων, πάροικος ἤμην ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ·

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• Exodus 2:22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
• Acts 7:29At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
• Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
• Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
• Exodus 4:20So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

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