Exodus 2:22

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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.

For he said

General references

Genesis 31:40

Bible References

For he said

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

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:

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

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.

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.

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

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 earth.

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Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.