Exodus 2:16 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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ASV

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

WEB

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

YLT

And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,

DBT

And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Exodus 3:1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Genesis 24:11
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
1 Samuel 9:11
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
Genesis 24:14–20
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Genesis 29:6–10
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

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If their father was a prince, it teaches us that even those who are honourably born, and are of quality and distinction in their country, should yet apply themselves to some useful business, and what their hand finds to do do it with all their might.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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