21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[1] saying, "I have become a foreigner in a foreign land."

Other Translations of Exodus 2:21-22

King James Version

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: Gershom: that is, A stranger here for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

English Standard Version

21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. 22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojournerGershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner in a foreign land."

The Message

21 Moses agreed to settle down there with the man, who then gave his daughter Zipporah (Bird) to him for his wife. 22 She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom (Sojourner), saying, "I'm a sojourner in a foreign country."

New King James Version

21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."

New Living Translation

21 Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife. 22 Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he explained, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 2:21-22

Commentary on Exodus 2:16-22

(Read Exodus 2:16-22)

Moses found shelter in Midian. He was ready to help Reuel's daughters to water their flocks, although bred in learning and at court. Moses loved to be doing justice, and to act in defence of such as he saw injured, which every man ought to do, as far as it is in his power. He loved to be doing good; wherever the providence of God casts us, we should desire and try to be useful; and when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can. Moses commended himself to the prince of Midian; who married one of his daughters to Moses, by whom he had a son, called Gershom, "a stranger there," that he might keep in remembrance the land in which he had been a stranger.