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Exodus 2:16 KJV
Exodus · chapter 2 · verse 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.Exodus 2:16 · King James Version
Exodus 2:16 in context
14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- troughsrahaṭa channel or watering-boxH7298 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- MidianMidyânMidjan, a son of AbrahamH4080 →
- filledmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
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Moses here gains a settlement in Midian, just as his father Jacob had gained one in Syria, Gen 29:2, etc. And both these instances should encourage us to trust Providence, and to follow it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22