Exodus 2:16-22 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.… The Countess of Huntingdon once told Mr. topldy, the author of "Rock of Ages," that when she visited Dr. Watts on one occaision he thus accosted her: "Madam, your ladyship is come to see me on a very memorable day." "Why so remarkable"? she asked. "This day thirty years," he replied, "I came hither to the house of my good friend Sir Thomas Abney, intending to spend but one single week under his friendly roof; and I have extended my visit to the length of exactly thirty years." "Sir," added Lady Abney, "what you have termed a long thirty years' visit, I consider as the shortest my family ever received." Parallel Verses KJV: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. |
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