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He was born in [[Midian]]ite country, the son of [[Moses]] and [[Zipporah]]. Moses named him Gershom, which means "foreigner," because, he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land."<ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne, "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/20020310.htm Gershom and Eliezer]," ''Daily Bible Study'', n.d. Accessed December 11, 2008.</ref><ref name=Konig>Konig, George, "[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p181.htm Gershom]," AboutBibleProphecy, n.d. Accessed December 11, 2008.</ref> ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=2|verses=22}})

He was born in [[Midian]]ite country, the son of [[Moses]] and [[Zipporah]]. Moses named him Gershom, which means "foreigner," because, he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land."<ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne, "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/20020310.htm Gershom and Eliezer]," ''Daily Bible Study'', n.d. Accessed December 11, 2008.</ref><ref name=Konig>Konig, George, "[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p181.htm Gershom]," AboutBibleProphecy, n.d. Accessed December 11, 2008.</ref> ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=2|verses=22}})

For about thirty-nine years he grew up in Midianite country. Then in 2513 AM (1491 BC) his father and mother took him and his younger brother [[Eliezer (son of Moses)|Eliezer]] to [[Egypt]], after Moses received a call from [[God]] to deliver the people of [[Israel]] out of slavery. On the way, God was on the point of killing Moses, but Zipporah took a flint and circumcised Gershom with it.<ref name=Blank/><ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd N., ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, p. 216</ref> ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=5|verses=24-26}})

For about thirty-nine years he grew up in Midianite country. Then in 2513 AM (1491 BC) his father and mother took him and his younger brother [[Eliezer (son of Moses)|Eliezer]] to [[Egypt]], after Moses received a call from [[God]] to deliver the people of [[Israel]] out of slavery. On the way, God was on the point of killing Moses, but Zipporah took a flint and circumcised Gershom with it.<ref name=Blank/><ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd N., ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, p. 216</ref> ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=4|verses=24-26}})

Some sources, including [[James Ussher]], suggest that Eliezer, not Gershom, was the boy who had to undergo the circumcision.<ref name=Ussher>James Ussher, ''The Annals of the World'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003, pgh. 175.</ref> All sources agree that Moses sent Zipporah and his two sons back to Zipporah's father [[Jethro]] before the [[Exodus of Israel]] actually took place.<ref name=Ussher/> They rejoined Moses after the Exodus.<ref name=Blank/> ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=18|verses=1-5}})

Some sources, including [[James Ussher]], suggest that Eliezer, not Gershom, was the boy who had to undergo the circumcision.<ref name=Ussher>James Ussher, ''The Annals of the World'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003, pgh. 175.</ref> All sources agree that Moses sent Zipporah and his two sons back to Zipporah's father [[Jethro]] before the [[Exodus of Israel]] actually took place.<ref name=Ussher/> They rejoined Moses after the Exodus.<ref name=Blank/> ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=18|verses=1-5}})