Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.

17And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.

Genesis 29:6And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

Genesis 41:45And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 18:1Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:12-16

Moses Slays an Egyptian; Rebukes a Contentious Hebrew. ( b. c. 1533.) 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong,… Read the whole commentary →

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