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Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.King James Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.American Standard 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.Young's Literal Translation
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,Exodus 2:16 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe priest of Midian - Or prince, or both; for the original כהן cohen has both meanings. See it explained at large at Genesis 15:18 (note). The transaction here very nearly resembles that mentioned Genesis 29 (note) concerning Jacob and Rachel. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the priest. or prince. 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... Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. Genesis 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On... they came. Genesis 24:11,14-20 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening... Genesis 29:6-10 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep... 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 to them, Is the seer here? Exodus 2:16 Parallel Commentaries
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Genesis 24:11 He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
Genesis 29:2 There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.
Genesis 29:6 Then Jacob asked them, "Is he well?" "Yes, he is," they said, "and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."
Genesis 29:9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherd.
Genesis 29:10 When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban's sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle's sheep.
Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
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