Exodus 2:16 Cross References - NSB

¹⁶ The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

¹⁸ King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High.

¹¹ He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time. This is the time when women go out to draw water.

¹⁴ »Let there be the girl to whom I say: ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers: 'Drink, and I will water your camels also.' May she be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown loving-kindness to my master.« ¹⁵ Before he finished praying, Rebekah came with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor. ¹⁶ The girl was a very attractive virgin. No man had ever had sexual intercourse with her. She went to the spring and filled her jar, and came back. ¹⁷ The servant ran to meet her and said: »Please give me a drink of water.« ¹⁸ »Drink, my lord,« she said. She quickly lowered her jar to her hand and gave him a drink. ¹⁹ When she finished giving him a drink, she said: »I will also keep drawing water for your camels until they have had enough to drink.« ²⁰ She quickly emptied her jar into the water trough. Then she ran back to the well to draw more water. She drew enough for all his camels.

⁶ Jacob asked: »How is he?« They replied: »He is well. Here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.« ⁷ »It is still the heat of the day. It is not time for livestock to be gathered. Would you like to water the sheep so they can get back to grazing?« ⁸ They said: »We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep.« ⁹ While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. ¹⁰ Jacob saw Rachel, daughter of his uncle Laban, with his uncle Laban’s sheep. He came forward and rolled the stone off the opening of the well and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep.

⁴⁵ Pharaoh named Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

¹ One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.

¹¹ Going up the hill to the city they met girls coming out to get water. They asked the girls: »Is the seer here?«