Verse 9
Genesis 29:9
Noah Webster Bible
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And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עוֹדֶ֖/נּוּ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֑/ם וְ/רָחֵ֣ל בָּ֗אָה עִם הַ/צֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְ/אָבִ֔י/הָ כִּ֥י רֹעָ֖ה הִֽוא
English Translation
While we were still speaking with them, Rachel came with the sheep that belonged to her father, for she was a shepherdess.
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Chapter 29 Context
1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
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And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it...
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And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watere...
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And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, We are from Haran.
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And he said to them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they said, We know him.
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And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh w...
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And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be collected: water y...
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And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks are collected, and till they roll the stone from the...
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And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the shee...
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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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12
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran a...
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And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him,...
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And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh: and he abode with him the space of a mo...
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15
And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught?...
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And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
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And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: ab...
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had...
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And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife (for my days are fulfilled) that I may go in to her.
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And Laban assembled all the men of the place, and made a feast.
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he w...
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And Laban gave to his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid.
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this th...
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And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
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Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me ye...
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also.
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And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid.
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And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seve...
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And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.
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And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD ha...
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And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he...
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And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband adhere to me, becau...
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35
And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she cal...
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