Exodus 18:3

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and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom(for Moses had said,“I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”),

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  • Exod 2:22 : 22 When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said,“I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land.”
  • Acts 7:29 : 29 When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
  • Exod 4:20 : 20 Then Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and headed back to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

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    18So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked,“Why have you come home so early today?”

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    20He said to his daughters,“So where is he? Why in the world did you leave the man? Call him, so that he may eat a meal with us.”

    21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

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