¹⁶ Now a priest of Midian^(A) had seven daughters, and they came to draw water^(B) and fill the troughs^(C) to water their father’s flock. ¹⁷ Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue^(D) and watered their flock.^(E)

¹⁸ When the girls returned to Reuel^(F) their father, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”