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28:23 When he came to the water wells of Midian he found there some people drawing
water, and he found two women apart from them who were keeping back (their flocks).
'What is your business?' he asked. They replied, 'We cannot draw water until the
shepherds have driven away (their flocks), and our father is an elderly man.'

28:24 So he drew water for them and then retired to the shade, saying, 'O my Lord, surely
I have need of whatever good You send me.'

28:25 Then, one of the two came to him walking shyly, and said, 'My father invites you, so
that he can recompense you with a wage for having drawn water for us.' So when he

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came to him and told him his story, (the father) said, 'Do not be afraid, you have been
saved from the nation of harm doers.'

28:26 One of the two women said, 'Father, hire him. The best who you can hire, is the