Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

King James Version

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Holman Bible

She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

International Standard Version

Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, because he used to say, "I became an alien in a foreign land."

A Conservative Version

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

American Standard Version

And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

Amplified

She gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom (stranger); for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”

Bible in Basic English

And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.

Darby Translation

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

Julia Smith Translation

And she will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.

King James 2000

And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, "I am an alien in a foreign land."

Modern King James verseion

And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom. For he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and he called him Gershom: for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land." And she bare yet another son, whom he called Eliezer saying, "The God of my father is mine helper, and hath rid me out of the hands of Pharaoh."

NET Bible

When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land."

New Heart English Bible

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."

The Emphasized Bible

And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.

Webster

And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

World English Bible

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."

Youngs Literal Translation

and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And she bare
ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

and he called
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

גּרשׁם 
Ger@shom 
Usage: 1

גּיר גּר 
Ger 
Usage: 92

in a strange
נכרי 
Nokriy 
Usage: 46

References

Context Readings

Moses In Midian

21 Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. 22 Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.” 23 Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.



Cross References

Acts 7:29

At this remark, Moses fled and became an alien in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Hebrews 11:13-14

All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Exodus 2:10

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

Exodus 18:3-4

and her two sons, of whom one was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

Exodus 22:21

You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 16:20

And they wandered about from nation to nation,
And from one kingdom to another people,

1 Chronicles 23:14-17

But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner like all my fathers.

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.

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