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
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 And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter. 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 And it came to pass in process of time that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God from their bondage.

Cross References

Acts 7:29

Then Moses fled at this word and became a sojourner in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

Hebrews 11:13-14

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off and believing them and embracing them and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Exodus 2:10

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

Exodus 18:3-4

and her two sons, of which the name of the one was Gershon, for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land,

Exodus 22:21

Thou shalt neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 16:20

And they went from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another people.

1 Chronicles 23:14-17

And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were counted in the tribe of Levi.

1 Chronicles 29:15

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 no other hope.

Psalm 39:12

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.

Psalm 119:19

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

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