Protestantism
English
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.1
- Gershom: that is, A stranger here
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A sojourner I have been in a strange land.'
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
And she bare a sonne, whose name he called Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange lande.
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. ¶
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.
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,1 saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for foreigner.
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange1 land.'
- Heb. ger.
And she gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershon, for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom because he said, “I am an alien in a foreign land.”1
- The word translated “alien” sounds like the first syllable in the name Gershom. The second syllable sounds like the word for “there”
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have become an alien in a foreign land.
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom. For he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,1 for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
- "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "a foreigner there"
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,1 for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
- "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "a foreigner there"
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,1 for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
- "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "a foreigner there"
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.1
- Gershom: that is, A stranger here.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom,—for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.1
- Gershom: that is, A stranger here
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Catholicism
English
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.
And she bore a son to him, whom he called Gershom, saying, “I have been a newcomer in a foreign land.” In truth, she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying, “For the God of my father, my helper, has rescued me from the hand of Pharaoh.”1
- 2:22Gersam: Or Gershom. This name signifies a stranger there: as Eliezer signifies the help of God.(Challoner)