Exodus 18:3
Good News Translation
and Gershom and Eliezer, her two sons. (Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a strange land"; so he had named one son Gershom.

New Revised Standard Version
along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land”),

New American Bible
and her two sons. One of these was named Gershom; for he said, “I am a resident alien in a foreign land.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

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And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

two sons

Acts 7:29 And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

Gershom.

Exodus 2:22 And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.

Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

Hebrews 11:13 All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.

1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

Context
The Visit of Jethro
2He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back: 3And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.4And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.…
Cross References
Acts 7:29
And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.

Exodus 2:22
And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.

Exodus 4:20
Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

Judges 18:30
And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.

Exodus 18:2
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