出埃及记 2:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

米甸的祭司有七個女兒，她們來打水，打滿了水槽，要給父親的羊群喝。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
一 日 ， 他 在 井 旁 坐 下 。 米 甸 的 祭 司 有 七 个 女 儿 ； 他 们 来 打 水 ， 打 满 了 槽 ， 要 饮 父 亲 的 群 羊 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ There was a priest in Midian who had seven daughters. His daughters went to that well to get water to fill the water troughs for their father's flock. ¹⁷ Some shepherds came and chased the girls away, but Moses defended the girls and watered their flock. ¹⁸ When they went back to their father Reuel, he asked them, "Why have you come home early today?" ¹⁹ The girls answered, "The shepherds chased us away, but an Egyptian defended us. He got water for us and watered our flock." ²⁰ He asked his daughters, "Where is this man? Why did you leave him? Invite him to eat with us." ²¹ Moses agreed to stay with Jethro, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses to be his wife. ²² Zipporah gave birth to a son. Moses named him Gershom, because Moses was a stranger in a land that was not his own.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the priest: or, prince, Exodus 3:1, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, *marg.

they came: Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:14-20, Genesis 29:6-10, 1 Samuel 9:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:25 - servants Genesis 24:13 - daughters Genesis 24:15 - pitcher Genesis 25:2 - Midian Genesis 29:2 - a well Genesis 29:9 - Rachel Genesis 37:28 - Midianites Exodus 18:1 - Jethro Numbers 12:1 - Ethiopian Numbers 31:2 - the Midianites 2 Samuel 20:26 - chief ruler 1 Chronicles 1:32 - Midian Proverbs 31:13 - worketh

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished.

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel answered, "What pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obedience to his voice? It is better to obey than to sacrifice. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat of sheep.

1 Timothy 4:4
Everything God made is good, and nothing should be refused if it is accepted with thanks,

1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich with things of this world not to be proud. Tell them to hope in God, not in their uncertain riches. God richly gives us everything to enjoy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 r, an Heathen writer, expressly calls him αρχων, 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; :-.

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

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Priest of Midian - Reuel Exodus 2:18. His name, and the detailed notices in Exodus 18:0, prove that he was a priest of the one true God who was known to the patriarchs especially under the name El. The great bulk of his tribe, certainly those who lived farther north and more closely in contact with the Hamites of Canaan, were already plunged in idolatry. The conduct of the shepherds Exodus 2:17 may indicate that his person and office were lightly regarded by the idolatrous tribes in his immediate neighborhood.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 2:16. The priest of Midian — Or prince, or both; for the original כהן cohen has both meanings. See it explained at large, Genesis 15:18. The transaction here very nearly resembles that mentioned Genesis 29:0. concerning Jacob and Rachel; see the notes there.