Genesis 29:9

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

And while he yet {H5750} spake {H1696} with them, Rachel {H7354} came {H935} with her father's {H1} sheep {H6629}: for she kept them {H7462}.

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, because she took care of them.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 2:21 (4 votes)

    And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

  • Song Of Solomon 1:7 (4 votes)

    ¶ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

  • Song Of Solomon 1:8 (4 votes)

    If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

  • Exodus 2:15 (4 votes)

    Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

  • Exodus 2:16 (4 votes)

    ¶ Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

  • Genesis 24:15 (3 votes)

    And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.