Exodus 2:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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 11:13-14 : 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. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.
  • Exod 22:21 : 21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Chr 16:20 : 20 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;
  • 1 Chr 23:14-17 : 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. 16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first. 17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.
  • 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.
  • Ps 119:19 : 19 I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.
  • Exod 2:10 : 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.
  • Exod 18:3-4 : 3 And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land: 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:

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  • Exod 18:1-6
    6 verses
    92%

    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,

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

    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.

  • Exod 2:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

  • 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 2:9-11
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    74%

    9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you payment. And the woman took the child and gave it milk at her breast.

    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.

  • 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

  • 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.

  • 2 And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.

  • Acts 7:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

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

  • Exod 2:15-16
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    69%

    15 Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.

    16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

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

  • Exod 4:24-26
    3 verses
    69%

    24 Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

    25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.

    26 So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Gen 41:51-52
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 8 When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.

  • 6 And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

  • 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;

  • 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.