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Exodus 18:3

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and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.

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Exodus 18:3 in other translations

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:

Exodus 18:3 · American Standard Version

Exodus 18:3 in context

  1. 1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
  2. 2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
  3. 3and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
  4. 4The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
  5. 5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.