Exodus 2:22

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

Acts 7:29

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

Hebrews 11:13-14

All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Exodus 2:10

And 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

along with her two sons, of whom one was named Gershom (stranger), for Moses said, “I have been a stranger 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


When they wandered 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 counted 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 [of remaining].

Psalm 39:12


“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.

Psalm 119:19


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

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Summary

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

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For he said

Exodus 2:10
And 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
along with her two sons, of whom one was named Gershom (stranger), for Moses said, “I have been a stranger 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

When they wandered from nation to nation,
And from one kingdom to another people,
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 [of remaining].
Psalm 39:12

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Acts 7:29
At this remark Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.
Hebrews 11:13
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

General references

Genesis 31:40
This was my situation: by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep.