22Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become an alien in a foreign land."


In Context

19 They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock."

20 "And where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat."

21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become an alien in a foreign land."

23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

Exodus 2:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, |I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, 'A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:22And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.