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.
- Exod.2: And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
- Exod.18: 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:
- 1Chr.23: The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
- 1Chr.23: Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
- 1Chr.26: And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.