Verse 22
Exodus 2:22
World English Bible, British Edition
22
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as
a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א אֶת שְׁמ֖/וֹ גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה
English Translation
And she bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."
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Chapter 2 Context
1
A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
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2
The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child,
she hid him three months.
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3
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him,
and coated it with tar and wit...
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4
His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
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5
Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked
along by the riverside. She s...
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6
She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had
compassion on him, and said, “...
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7
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call
a nurse for you from the Hebrew wo...
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8
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.”
The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
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9
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for
me, and I will give you you...
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10
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became
her son. She named him Mose...
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11
In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers
and saw their burdens. He saw an...
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12
He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one,
he killed the Egyptian, and...
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13
He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews
were fighting with each other. He sai...
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14
He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan
to kill me, as you killed the Egypt...
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15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses
fled from the face of Pharaoh,...
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16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to wa...
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17
The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped
them, and watered their flock.
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18
When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you
have returned so early today?”
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19
They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,
and moreover he drew water fo...
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20
He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have
left the man? Call him, that he may...
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21
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah,
his daughter.
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22
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as
a foreigner in a foreign lan...
23
In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and
the children of Israel sighed because...
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24
God (Elohim) heard their groaning, and God (Elohim) remembered his covenant with Abraham,
with Isaac...
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25
God (Elohim) saw the children of Israel, and God (Elohim) understood.
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