Genesis 29:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 29:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

¶ And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

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WEB

World English Bible

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.

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ASV

American Standard Version

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 29

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.”

⁹ 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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