Exodus 18:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

and her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom [ expulsion, or a stranger there], for Moses said, I have been an alien in a strange land;

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

along with her two sons. One was named Gershom because he said, “I have been an immigrant living in a foreign land.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

and her two sons, of whom one was called Gershom, (for his father said, "I have been a newcomer in a foreign land,")

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam, his father saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

Exodus 18:3 Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:15

The sons of Moses; Gershom and Eliezer.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O LORD, And give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Exodus 2:22

And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land.

Exodus 4:20

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

Acts 7:29

And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Judges 18:30

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.