Éxodo 2:16

16 Tenía el sacerdote de Madián siete hijas, las cuales vinieron a sacar agua, para llenar las pilas 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).

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Ut supra, (Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27.) p. 434.

Éxodo 2:16 In-Context

14 Y él respondió: ¿Quién te ha puesto a ti por príncipe y juez sobre nosotros? ¿Piensas matarme como mataste al egipcio? Entonces Moisés tuvo miedo, y dijo: Ciertamente esta cosa es descubierta.

15 Y oyendo el Faraón este negocio, procuró matar a Moisés; mas Moisés huyó de delante del Faraón, y habitó en la tierra de Madián; y se sentó junto a un pozo.

16 Tenía el sacerdote de Madián siete hijas, las cuales vinieron a sacar agua, para llenar las pilas y dar de beber a las ovejas de su padre.

17 Mas los pastores vinieron, y las echaron. Entonces Moisés se levantó y las defendió, y dio de beber a sus ovejas.

18 Y volviendo ellas a Reuel su padre, él les dijo: ¿Por qué habéis hoy venido tan presto?