Exodus 2:22
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And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.

Gershom.

1 Chronicles 23:14-17 The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi. . . .

for he said.

Exodus 2:10 And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.

Exodus 18:3 And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

Exodus 22:21 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 16:20 And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. I Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no stay.

Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

Psalm 119:19 I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Acts 7:29 And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

Hebrews 11:13,14 All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. . . .

Context
Moses Flees to Midian
21And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife: 22And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.
Cross References
Acts 7:29
And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

Hebrews 11:13
All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.

Hebrews 11:14
For they that say these things do signify that they seek a country.

Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.

Exodus 4:20
Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

Exodus 18:4
And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.

Leviticus 25:23
The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.

Judges 18:30
And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.

1 Samuel 1:20
And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the Lord.

Lexicon
And she gave birth to
וַתֵּ֣לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

a son
בֵּ֔ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

whom he named
וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Gershom,
גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם (gê·rə·šōm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1647: Gershom -- three Israelites

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he said,
אָמַ֔ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I have become
הָיִ֔יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a stranger
גֵּ֣ר (gêr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1616: A guest, a foreigner

in a strange
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5237: Foreign, alien

land.”
בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
And she gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have become a stranger in a strange land.”And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

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

And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gersam, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.

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

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

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

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

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