Exodus 2:22
English Standard Version Anglicised
22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name (A)Gershom, for he said, “I have been a (B)sojourner[a] in a foreign land.”
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- Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner
Exodus 2:22
King James Version
22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
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Exodus 18:3-4
English Standard Version Anglicised
3 along with her (A)two sons. The name of one was Gershom ((B)for he said, (C)“I have been a sojourner[a] in a foreign land”), 4 and the name of the other, Eliezer[b] (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
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- Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew word for sojourner
- Exodus 18:4 Eliezer means My God is help
Exodus 18:3-4
King James Version
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:
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
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