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Exodus 2:22-24
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Exodus 2:22-24
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22 Zipporah became pregnant and had a son. Moses named him Gershom[a] because Moses was a stranger in a land that was not his own.
God Decides to Help Israel
23 A long time passed and that king of Egypt died. But the Israelites were still forced to work very hard. They cried for help, and God heard them. 24 God heard their painful cries and remembered the agreement he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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- Exodus 2:22 Gershom This name is like the Hebrew words meaning “a stranger there.”
Exodus 2:22-24
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Exodus 2:22-24
New International Version
22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[a](A) saying, “I have become a foreigner(B) in a foreign land.”
23 During that long period,(C) the king of Egypt died.(D) The Israelites groaned in their slavery(E) and cried out, and their cry(F) for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered(G) his covenant(H) with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
Footnotes
- Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
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