Exodus 2:16
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And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

Genesis 24:11
And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said:

Genesis 24:13
Behold, I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water:

Genesis 29:2
And he saw a well in the field, and three flocks of sheep lying by it: for the beasts were watered out of it, and the mouth thereof was closed with a great stone.

Genesis 29:6
He said: Is he in health? He is in health, say they: and behold, Rachel, his daughter, cometh with his flock.

Genesis 29:9
They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she fed the flock.

Genesis 29:10
And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to be his cousin german, and that they were the sheep of Laban, his uncle: he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed.

Exodus 3:1
Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Exodus 18:1
And when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kinsman of Moses, had heard all the things that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought forth Israel out of Egypt:

Exodus 18:12
So Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, offered holocausts and sacrifices to God: and Aaron and all the ancients of Israel came, to eat bread with him before God.

1 Samuel 9:11
And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?

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And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

the priest.

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Genesis 14:18 But Melchisedech, the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God,

Genesis 41:45 And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue the saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt.

they came.

Genesis 24:11,14-20 And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said: . . .

Genesis 29:6-10 He said: Is he in health? He is in health, say they: and behold, Rachel, his daughter, cometh with his flock. . . .

1 Samuel 9:11 And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?

Context
Moses Flees to Midian
15And Pharao heard of this word, and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well. 16And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.17And the shepherds came and drove them away: and Moses arose, and defending the maids, watered their sheep.…
Lexicon
Now the priest
וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן (ū·lə·ḵō·hên)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

of Midian
מִדְיָ֖ן (miḏ·yān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled

had seven
שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

daughters,
בָּנ֑וֹת (bā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

and they came
וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה (wat·tā·ḇō·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to draw water
וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה (wat·tiḏ·le·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1802: To dangle, to let down a, bucket, to deliver

and fill
וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙ (wat·tə·mal·le·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of

the troughs
הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים (hā·rə·hā·ṭîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7298: A channel, watering-box, ringlet of hair

to water
לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת (lə·haš·qō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to

their father’s
אֲבִיהֶֽן׃ (’ă·ḇî·hen)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

flock.
צֹ֥אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock


Additional Translations
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

And the priest of Madiam had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jothor; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jothor.

And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
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