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15 When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian,(A) and sat down by a well.(B)

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22 She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom,[a] for he said, ‘I have been a resident foreigner(A) in a foreign land.’

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  1. 2:22 In Hb the name Gershom sounds like the phrase ‘a stranger there’.

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom[a] (because Moses had said, ‘I have been a resident foreigner in a foreign land’)(A) and the other Eliezer (because he had said, ‘The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword’).[b]

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  1. 18:3 In Hb the name Gershom sounds like the phrase ‘a stranger there’.
  2. 18:4 = My God Is Help