Exodus 2:22
Other Translations of Exodus 2:22
King James Version
22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom:
English Standard Version
22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner
The Message
22 She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom (Sojourner), saying, "I'm a sojourner in a foreign country."
New King James Version
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
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."
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 2:22
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.