Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Exodus 18:3
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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.”
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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:
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and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
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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:
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Exodus 18
1 Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2 After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
3 along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
4 The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
5 Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
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