Genesis 29:9

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel has come with the flock which her father has, for she [is] shepherdess;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

While he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheepe, for she kept them.

JPS

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

LXXE

While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.

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WLC

עוֹדֶ֖נּוּ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֑ם וְרָחֵ֣ל ׀ בָּ֗אָה עִם־הַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֔יהָ כִּ֥י רֹעָ֖ה הִֽוא׃

LXX-Br

Ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἰδοὺ Ῥαχὴλ ἡ θυγάτηρ Λάβαν ἤρχετο μετὰ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς· αὐτὴ γὰρ ἔβοσκε τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

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• Exodus 2:15–16When 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. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came…
• Song of Songs 1:7–8Tell 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? If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the…
• Exodus 2:21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
• Genesis 24:15Before 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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