16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
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And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
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, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. …
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)Moses here gains a settlement in Midian, just as his father Jacob had gained one in Syria, Gen. 29:2 And both these instances should encourage us to trust Providence, and to follow it. Events that seem inconsiderable, and purely accidental, after wards appear to have been designed by the wisdom of God for very good purposes, and of great consequence to his people. A casual transient occurrence has…
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