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Genesis 29:9

Rachel

7 “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

8 But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

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BSB
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
KJV
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
WEB
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
ASV
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father`s sheep. For she kept them.
DARBY
While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
BLB
He was still speaking with them, and Rachel came with the sheep that belonged to her father, for she was a shepherdess.
ÅB
Mens han enda talte med dem, kom Rakel med sin fars småfe; for det var hun som gjætte.
OTB
Mens han fortsatt snakket med dem, kom Rakel med sin fars sauer, for hun var gjeter.
B1930
Mens han ennu talte med dem, kom Rakel med sin fars småfe; for det var hun som gjætte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 2:21

    Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

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  • Song of Solomon 1:7–8

    Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

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  • Exodus 2:15–16

    When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

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  • Genesis 24:15

    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

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