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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;
Shemos Rabbah 1:32 — EXTRA.
שבע בנות —\ldots וכולן נזקקו לגירושין מפני רועי מדין.
English: “Seven daughters” — \ldots and all of them were subject to being driven off by the shepherds of Midian.
Custom
Chazal note the vulnerability of Yisro’s daughters that precedes Moshe’s act of rescue.