Exodus 2:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And when she had a son, Moses said, “I will name him Gershom, since I am a foreigner in this country.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:4

“I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”

1 Chronicles 16:20

We wandered from nation to nation, from one country to another.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears.

Psalm 119:19

I live here as a stranger. Don't keep me from knowing your commands.

Psalm 39:12

“Listen, LORD, to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting your home as my ancestors did.

Exodus 2:10

And when he was old enough, she took him to the king's daughter, who adopted him. She named him Moses because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”

Exodus 22:21

Do not ill-treat or abuse foreigners who live among you. Remember, you were foreigners in Egypt.

Exodus 4:20

So Moses put his wife and sons on donkeys and headed for Egypt, holding the walking stick that had the power of God.

Leviticus 25:23

No land may be permanently bought or sold. It all belongs to me—it isn't your land, and you only live there for a little while.

Acts 7:29

When Moses heard this, he ran away to live in the country of Midian. His two sons were born there.

Judges 18:30

Even though the place of worship was in Shiloh, the people of Dan set up the idol Micah had made. They worshipped the idol, and the Levite was their priest. His name was Jonathan, and he was a descendant of Gershom the son of Moses. His descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan, until the people of Israel were taken away as prisoners by their enemies.

1 Samuel 1:20

with a son. She named him Samuel because she had asked the LORD for him.