Exodus 2:16

And the prince ( rabba) of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Targum Onkelos

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

15And Pharoh heard that thing, and sought to kill Mosheh; and Mosheh fled from before Pharoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by a well;

17But the shepherds came and drave them away; and Mosheh arose and rescued them, and watered the flock.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he made the camels rest without the city at a well of waters in the evening time, at the time when they came forth to fill.

Genesis 29:6And he said, Hath he peace? And they said, Peace; and, behold, Rahel his daughter cometh with the flock.

Genesis 41:45And Pharoh called the name of Joseph, The man to whom mysteries are revealed. And he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, prince of On, to be his wife; and Joseph went forth ruling over the land of Mizraim.

Exodus 18:1And Jethro, the rabba of Midian, the father-in-law of Mosheh, had heard of all that the Lord had done for Mosheh and for Israel His people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Mizraim.

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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