Exodus 2:22

Exodus 2:22 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

22Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there. saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

22Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him 2:22 Cf. Heb ger sham, a stranger thereGershom, for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

22Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

22She gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom (stranger); for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for foreigner. saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

22Zipporah had a son by him. Moses named him Gershom. That’s because Moses said, “I’m an outsider in a strange land.”

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