Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”
Exodus 18:3
along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”)
Exodus 22:21
“You must not exploit a foreign resident or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
1 Chronicles 16:20
wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Psalm 39:12
“Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.
Psalm 119:19
I am a stranger on earth;
do not hide Your commands from me.
Acts 7:29
“At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.

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Genesis 31:40
There I was—the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

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