^2:16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw⁶⁵ water⁶⁶ and fill⁶⁷ the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

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Footnotes

65 The preterites describing their actions must be taken in an ingressive sense, since they did not actually complete the job. Shepherds drove them away, and Moses watered the flocks.
66 The object “water” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
67 This also has the ingressive sense, “began to fill,” but for stylistic reasons is translated simply “fill” here.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

Now 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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