THEOSISWlastow G.K.
Ger translates to a sojourner or guest, while shom is the term that aligns with our understanding of stranger.
Exodus 18:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.
וְאֵ֖ת שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֑יהָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאֶחָד֙ גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 2:22And 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.
- Acts 7:29And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.
- Ex 4:20Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.
- Ps 39 (38):12
- Heb 11:13All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.
- 1 Pet 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,