Exodus 18:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.””
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“along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:”
King James Version · Public Domain“and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and her two sons, of whom the name of the one <FI>is<Fi> Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 18:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Exodus 4:20So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
- 1 Chronicles 23:15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
- Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
- Acts 7:29At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
- Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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