Bible Person
Meaning: a stranger here · Male · 5 cross references
Gershom is the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah, born in Midian and remembered in both narrative and Levitical genealogy. His name preserves Moses' experience of exile even while his descendants continue into later sacred service. First appears in Exod 2:22.1
Name meaning
a stranger here
Identity
male
First appears
Exod 2:22
AI summary: Gershom matters because the cross references present him at the intersection of Moses' personal story and later Levitical continuity. His birth gives voice to Moses' alienation in Midian, while later records preserve his descendants within Israel's ordered worship life. That movement from exile memory to institutional continuity is striking. Taken together, the material presents Gershom as Moses' son whose name reflects estrangement while whose line continues in Israel's sacred service.1
Central Figure
Gershom
Meaning: a stranger here
The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex.
Name meaning
a stranger here
Identity
male
Birth place
Midian
Birth year
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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.