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Parshas Yitro
(אשר שם האחד גרשם כי אמר גר הייתי בארץ נכריה…אליעזר כי אלקי אבי בעזרי (יתרו יח:ג-ד
The name of one was Gershom, for he had said, “I was a sojourner in a strange land,”...Eliezer, for “The G-d of my father came to my aid…”
Why are the words by Gershon’s name in the past tense — “כי אמר גר הייתי בארץ נכריה — “while by Eliezer’s name it is in the present tense — “כי אלקי אבי בעזרי ?“Because when Gershon was born, the period of “גר הייתי בארץ נכריה — “when Moshe was a foreigner in a strange land — had already passed. By contrast, the verse by Eliezer is in the present tense, “אלקי אבי בעזרי“ to teach that Hashem continuously provides help at all times.
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