Bible verse
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Exodus 2:22 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 2.
18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
19 “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20 “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
24 So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 God saw the Israelites and took notice.
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.
ASV
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
ERV
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land.
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