Genesis 29:9
King James Version (KJV)
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
In context
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 29:9 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
- WEB World English Bible
- While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
- ASV American Standard Version
- While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she [is] shepherdess;
- DBY Darby Translation
- While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.