Gershom's Name: Moshe's Sense of Belonging in Midian Versus Egypt

The shiur examines the perplexing name Moshe gives his first son, Gershom, meaning "I was a stranger in a strange land" (ki ger hoyisi b'eretz nochriya). On the surface, this seems ungrateful. Moshe is a fugitive from Egypt who has been taken into Yisro's household, married his daughter, and is living in peace. Why express estrangement at the moment of his son's birth? A more appropriate sentiment would have been appreciation—"I am like a son in this land"—rather than declaring himself a stranger. The difficulty deepens when we consider the order of the names later in Parshas Yisro. When Yisro brings Moshe's two sons to him, the Torah (תורה) lists Gershom first, explaining "because Moshe said, 'I was a stranger in a strange land,'" and then Eliezer, explained as "because the God of my father helped me and saved me from Paroh's sword" (Elokei avi b'ezri vayatzileini meicherev Paroh). But chronologically, this order is backwards. Moshe's salvation from Paroh preceded his settling in Midian. The first son should have been named for the first event—being saved from Paroh—and the second son for the second event—living in Midian. Why is the naming order reversed?