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Exodus 2:22 KJV
Exodus · chapter 2 · verse 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.Exodus 2:22 · King James Version
Exodus 2:22 in context
20And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- GershomGêrᵉshômGereshom, the name of four IsraelitesH1647 →
- strangenokrîystrange, in a variety of degrees and applicationsH5237 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- bareyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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Moses here gains a settlement in Midian, just as his father Jacob had gained one in Syria, Gen 29:2, etc. And both these instances should encourage us to trust Providence, and to follow it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22