Exodus 2:16

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Exodus 2:16 (WEB)
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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Jerome

Jerome, Letters Letter 69
“When the daughters of the priests of Midian are in a strait to reach the well, Moses opens a way for them and delivers them from outrage.” — editor's note: Exod. ii. 16, 17.
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Tertullian

Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.23Book IV
“And as God is good, He so loves infants as to have blessed the midwives in Egypt, when they protected the infants of the Hebrews which were in peril from Pharaoh’s command.” — editor's note: Ex. ii. 15–21.
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PassageLetters Letter 69
PassageThe Five Books Against Marcion IV.23

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