Exodus Chapter 2, Verse 16
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16: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came
and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's
flock.
16: 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.
Here Moses secured for himself a hospitable reception from a priest of Midian, and a home at his house, by doing as Jacob had formerly done (Gen 29:10), viz., helping his daughters to water their father's sheep, and protecting them against the other shepherds.
On the form יושׁען for יושׁען vid., Gen 19:19; and for the masculine suffixes to יגרשׁוּם and צאנם, Gen 31:9.
תּדלנה for תּדלינה, as in Job 5:12, cf. Ewald, §198a.
The flock of this priest consisted of nothing but צאן, i.e., sheep and goats (vid., Ex 3:1). Even now there are no oxen reared upon the peninsula of Sinai, as there is not sufficient pasturage or water to be found. For the same reason there are no horses kept there, but only camels and asses (cf. Seetzen, R. iii. 100; Wellsted, R. in Arab. ii. p. 66).
