Exodus 2:22-24

Common English Bible

²² She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, “because,” he said, “I’ve been an immigrant^[a] living in a foreign land.”

²³ A long time passed, and the Egyptian king died. The Israelites were still groaning because of their hard work. They cried out, and their cry to be rescued from the hard work rose up to God. ²⁴ God heard their cry of grief, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.