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Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:
Exodus 18:3 · Bible in Basic English
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Exodus 18:3 in other translations
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
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In context
1 Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.
2 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
3 And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to where Moses had put up his tent in the waste land, by the mountain of God.
6 And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, with your wife and your two sons.
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