Exodus 2:22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 2:16-22

Moses here gains a settlement in Midian, just as his father Jacob had gained one in Syria, Gen. 29:2 And both these instances should encourage us to trust Providence, and to follow it. Events that seem inconsiderable, and purely accidental, after wards appear to have been designed by the wisdom of God for very good purposes, and of great consequence to his people. A casual transient occurrence has sometimes occasioned the greatest and happiest turns of a man's life. Observe, I. Concerning the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:22

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom ,.... Which signifies a "desolate stranger"; partly on his own account, he being in a foreign country, a stranger and sojourner; but not by way of complaint, but rather of thankfulness to God for providing so well for him in it; and partly on his son's account, that when he came to years of maturity and knowledge, he might learn, and in which Moses no doubt instructed him, that he was not to look upon Midian as his proper country, but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:22

Called his name Gershom - Literally, a stranger; the reason of which Moses immediately adds, for I have been an Alien in a strange land. The Vulgate, the Septuagint, as it stands in the Complutensian Polyglot, and in several MSS., the Syriac, the Coptic, and the Arabic, add the following words to this verse: And the name of the second he called Eliezer, for the God of my father has been my help, and delivered me from the hand of Pharaoh. These words are found in Exodus 18:4 , but they... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:22

Verse 22 22.He called his name Gershom. I do not approve of their view who think this was a name of congratulation to alleviate the pain of banishment, but rather imagine that Moses gave this name to his son, as well to remind himself as his father-in-law and his wife, that he sought a country elsewhere, and that there he was but a sojourner. Nor is there any objection in his promise to his father-in-law to remain, because he did not so bind himself as to shake off or break the yoke of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:15-23

The long exile.Moses took with him into Midian all the best elements of his character; he left some of the faulty ones behind. He may be assumed to have left much of his self-confidence, and to have been cured in part of his natural rashness. His after growth in meekness would almost imply that he had come to see the need of curbing his hot passions, and had, like David, purposed in his heart that he would not transgress ( Psalms 17:3 ; Psalms 32:1 ). But he carried with him all his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:16-22

EXPOSITION. LIFE OF MOSES IN MIDIAN Fugitives from Egypt generally took the northern route from Pelusium or Migdol to Gaza, and so to Syria, or the regions beyond. But in this quarter they were liable to be arrested and sent back to the Egyptian monarch. Rameses II : put a special clause to this effect into his treaty with the contemporary Hittite king. It was, perhaps, the fear of extradition which made Moses turn his steps southeastward, and proceed along the route, or at any... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:21-22

§ 2. Moses as husband and father. The Midianites were descendants of Abraham ( Genesis 25:24 ); and marriage with them was permitted, even under the Law ( Numbers 31:18 ). Moses, in wedding Zipporah, obeyed the primeval command, "Be fruitful and multiply" ( Genesis 1:28 ), while at the same time he gave himself the solace so much needed by an exile, of tender and loving lifelong companionship. That Reuel was willing to give him one of his daughters indicates that he had approved... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:22

Gershom.1. The good man in this world is often lonely at heart.(1) When violence reigns unchecked. (2) When God's cause is in a depressed condition. (3) When repulsed in efforts to do good. (4) When severed from scenes of former labour. (5) When his outward lot is uncongenial. (6) When deprived of suitable companionships, and when he can find few to sympathise with him.2. God sends to the good man alleviations of his loneliness. We may hope that Zipporah, if not without faults, formed a kind... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:22

Life and its moods."He called his name Gershom," etc. ( Exodus 2:22 ), compared with — "And the name of the other was Eliezer," etc. ( Exodus 18:4 ). Note the isolation and misery of the earlier time, and the mercy of the later — each begetting its own tone and mood of mind; and further, the desirability of living above the mood of the passing day. Rev. O . Kingsley says ('Life,' 1:82): "Let us watch against tones. They are unsafe things. The tone of a man or woman's mind ought to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 2:22

Gershom - The first syllable “Ger” is common to Hebrew and Egyptian, and means “sojourner.” The second syllable “Shom” answers exactly to the Coptic “Shemmo,” which means “a foreign or strange land.” read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 2:16-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:15-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 2:22

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