Exo 2:16 | NETfull | STEP | Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

Exodus 2:16

16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw ^{▼▼ 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.} water ^{▼▼ The object “water” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.} and fill ^{▼▼ This also has the ingressive sense, “began to fill,” but for stylistic reasons is translated simply “fill” here.} the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.