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Exodus 2:20-22
Contemporary English Version
Exodus 2:20-22
Contemporary English Version
20 “Where is he?” Jethro asked. “Why did you leave him out there? Invite him to eat with us.”
21 Moses agreed to stay on with Jethro, who later let his daughter Zipporah marry Moses. 22 And when she had a son, Moses said, “I will name him Gershom,[a] since I am a foreigner in this country.”
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- 2.22 Gershom: In Hebrew “Gershom” sounds like “foreigner.”
Exodus 2:20-22
New International Version
Exodus 2:20-22
New International Version
20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”(A)
21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah(B) to Moses in marriage. 22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[a](C) saying, “I have become a foreigner(D) in a foreign land.”
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- Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
Exodus 2:20-22
King James Version
Exodus 2:20-22
King James Version
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
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