Gershom

According to the Bible, Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah (Exodus 2:22). The name means "a stranger there" in Hebrew, which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt. Biblical scholars regard the name as being essentially the same as Gershon and in the Book of Chronicles the progenitor of one of the principal Levite clans is sometimes identified as Gershom (1 Chronicles 15:7) sometimes as Gershon. Quotes about Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, with her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land”) and the name of the other was Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”);[...]. Exodus 18:2-4 NKJV. And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the Lord met him and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!” So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision. Exodus 4:24-26 NKJV. External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:Jews Category:People from the Bible