Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian— Or, now a prince of Midian. See Genesis 41:45. The original word signifies either priest or prince. Jethro, probably, was both, as was usual in those days. He appears to have been a priest of the true GOD, from ch. Exodus 18:11. The event here recorded respecting his daughters, is very similar to that mentioned, Genesis 29 to which, and to the notes upon it, we refer. This is a fresh instance of the pastoral simplicity of ancient times, when the care of flocks was not thought beneath the dignity of princes or their daughters.