Gershom

Gershom is a Levite living at the time of Egypt and the wilderness, from the tribe of Levi. He is named in 6 verses of the Bible, first in Exodus 2:22.

Family

Verses

Exodus

• Exodus 2:22
  And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
• Exodus 18:3
  And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

Judges

• Judges 18:30
  And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 23:15
  The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
• 1 Chronicles 23:16
  Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
• 1 Chronicles 26:24
  And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.