Exodus 18:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:

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  • Exod 2:22 : 22 And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
  • Acts 7:29 : 29 And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
  • Exod 4:20 : 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

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  • Exod 2:18-23
    6 verses
    92%

    18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?

    19 And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.

    20 And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.

    21 And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

    22 And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.

    23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

  • Exod 18:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:

    5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to where Moses had put up his tent in the waste land, by the mountain of God.

    6 And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, with your wife and your two sons.

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    14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.

    15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

  • 29 And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

    2 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

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    16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

    17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

  • Num 3:17-18
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    67%

    17 These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

    18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.

  • 1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

  • 1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • 19 So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

  • 1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 8 And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

  • Exod 2:10-11
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    10 And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.

    11 Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • 2 And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

  • 4 And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.

  • Exod 3:6-7
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    66%

    6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

    7 And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

  • 10 And a son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had a fight with a man of Israel by the tents;

  • 71 To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its outskirts, and Ashtaroth with its outskirts;

  • 11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

  • 21 And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:20-21
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    66%

    20 At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

    21 And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

  • Gen 41:51-52
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    66%

    51 And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

    52 And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.

  • 38 And those of the sons of Gershon who were numbered by families,

  • 8 Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

  • 16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

  • 6 And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

  • 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God: