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20 “Where is he then?” he said to his daughters. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have some food to eat!”

21 Moses was content to stay on with the man. Later he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. 22 She gave birth to a son and he named him Gershom, saying, “I have been an outsider[a] in a foreign land.”

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  1. Exodus 2:22 Heb. Ger (an outsider) sham (there); cf. Acts 7:29; Heb. 11:13-14.

20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”(A)

21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah(B) to Moses in marriage. 22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[a](C) saying, “I have become a foreigner(D) in a foreign land.”

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  1. Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.