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Éxodo 2:16

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16 El sacerdote de Madián tenía siete hijas, las cuales solían ir a sacar agua para llenar los abrevaderos y dar de beber a las ovejas de su padre.

Éxodo 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters
Who being a descendant of Abraham might have retained the knowledge of the true God, and might be a priest of his, as Melchizedek was, or otherwise it may be thought improbable that Moses would have married his daughter, as he afterwards did; and so Aben Ezra says, he was a priest of God; though the word is sometimes used of a prince, ruler, and governor; and is so rendered here by the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; and Artapanus F18, an Heathen writer, expressly calls him (arcwn) , a "prince" of those places, that is, of Arabia; he might be both prince and priest, as Melchizedek before mentioned was, and as has been the usage of many countries:

and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their
father's flock;
which is no contradiction to their being daughters either of a priest or a prince, which were both high titles and characters; since it was usual in those early times, and in those countries, for the sons and daughters of considerable persons to be employed in such services; (See Gill on Genesis 29:9).


FOOTNOTES:

F18 Ut supra, (Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27.) p. 434.
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Éxodo 2:16 In-Context

14 —¿Y quién te nombró a ti gobernante y juez sobre nosotros? —respondió aquel—. ¿Acaso piensas matarme a mí, como mataste al egipcio?Esto le causó temor a Moisés, pues pensó: «¡Ya se supo lo que hice!»
15 Y, en efecto, el faraón se enteró de lo sucedido y trató de matar a Moisés; pero Moisés huyó del faraón y se fue a la tierra de Madián, donde se asentó junto a un pozo.
16 El sacerdote de Madián tenía siete hijas, las cuales solían ir a sacar agua para llenar los abrevaderos y dar de beber a las ovejas de su padre.
17 Pero los pastores llegaban y las echaban de allí. Un día, Moisés intervino en favor de ellas: las puso a salvo de los pastores y dio de beber a sus ovejas.
18 Cuando las muchachas volvieron a la casa de Reuel, su padre, este les preguntó:—¿Por qué volvieron hoy tan temprano?
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