Exodus 2:16
14 But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17 And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- KJV
- 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. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.
- BLB
- And the priest of Midian [had] seven daughters. And they came and drew water and they filled the troughs to water the flock of their father.
- ÅB
- Presten i Midian hadde syv døtre; de kom og øste opp vann og fylte vannrennene for å vanne sin fars småfe.
- OTB
- Presten i Midjan hadde syv døtre, som kom for å trekke vann og fylle trauene for å vanne sin fars flokk.
- B1930
- Presten i Midian hadde syv døtre; de kom og øste op vann og fylte vannrennene for å vanne sin fars småfe.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 24:11
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
Read in contextExodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Read in context1 Samuel 9:11
And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
Read in contextGenesis 24:14–20
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
Read in contextGenesis 29:6–10
“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
Read in contextGenesis 41:45
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
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