And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
WEB
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
YLT
and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
DBT
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus