Exodus 18:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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 to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears! For I am thy passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

Exodus 2:22

She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

Exodus 4:20

So Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on an ass, and went back to the land of Egypt; and in his hand Moses took the rod of God.

Acts 7:29

At this retort Moses fled, and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.

Judges 18:30

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