9While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.


In Context

6 Then Jacob asked them, "Is he well?" "Yes, he is," they said, "and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."

7 "Look," he said, "the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture."

8 "We can't," they replied, "until all the flocks are 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 talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

10 When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban's sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle's sheep.

11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.

Genesis 29:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:9They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she fed the flock.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep. For she kept them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:9While he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she is shepherdess;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:9And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.