Gershom
Maleb. 1302 BC
The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex. 2:22; 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience to the command of the Lord, Moses was attacked by a sudden and dangerous illness (4:24-26), which Zipporah his wife believed to have been sent because he had neglected to circumcise his son. She accordingly took a “sharp stone” and circumcised her son Gershom, saying, “Surely a bloody husband art thou to me”, i.e., by the blood of her child she had, as it were, purchased her husband, had won him back again.
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Key verses
Exodus 2:22
She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Exodus 18:3
and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
1 Chronicles 26:24
and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.
1 Chronicles 23:15
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
1 Chronicles 23:16
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.