shemot 2:16-17
*1. Source
וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן מִדְיָ֖ן שֶׁ֣בַע בָּנ֑וֹת וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙ אֶת־הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת צֹ֥אן אֲבִיהֶֽן׃ Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock; וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ הָרֹעִ֖ים וַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּם וַיָּ֤קׇם מֹשֶׁה֙ וַיּ֣וֹשִׁעָ֔ן וַיַּ֖שְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאנָֽם׃ but shepherds came and drove them off. Moses rose to their defense, and he watered their flock.
2. Explanation
- The leader of midion has 7 daughters. He is a religious leader with strong moral values
- He has 0 male children
- The sisters share the burden of providing for the family–they take their father's sheep and feed them water.
- They come to the well with a bucket tied to a string they put down in the water and fill it up and the sheep drink from its contents
- And the shephard men come early and they push away the girls
- Moses witnesses this injustice and decides to act: He pushes them away and waters the sheep because he cannot stand what they did
- This a theme in midian: women are below men
3. Elsewhere
3.1. References
3.2. In my garden
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