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along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom[a] (for he had said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land”),(A)

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  1. 18.3 In Heb Gershom resembles the word for alien

and her two sons.(A) One son was named Gershom,[a] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;(B)

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  1. Exodus 18:3 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.

13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,(A)

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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)

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14 for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

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14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.

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