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22 And she childed a son to him, whom he called Gershom[a], and said, I was a comeling in an alien land (And she bare a son for him, whom he called Gershom, and said, For I am a newcomer in a foreign land). Forsooth she childed another son, whom he called Eliezer[b], and said, For [the] God of my father is mine helper, and he delivered me from the hand of Pharaoh.

23 Forsooth after much time the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel inwardly wailed for [the] works, and they cried [out], and the cry of them for their works went up to God. (And after much time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites wailed over all the hard work they were forced to do, yea, they cried loudly, and their cries over all their hard work went up to God.)

24 And he heard the wailing of them, and he had mind of the bond of peace (and he remembered the covenant), which he had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:22 In Hebrew, ‘Gershom’ sounds like the word for ‘foreigner’.
  2. Exodus 2:22 In Hebrew, ‘Eliezer’ sounds like the words for ‘God helps me’.