Exodus 18:3

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along with her two sons. One was named Gershom, meaning, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land,' because Moses had said, 'I was a sojourner in a strange land.'

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  • Exod 2:22 : 22 She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, 'I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.'
  • Acts 7:29 : 29 When Moses heard this, he fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Exod 4:20 : 20 So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 With reproofs for iniquity, You discipline a man; like a moth, You consume his cherished things. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.

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