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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/29.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/29.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father&#8217s sheep, for she was a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/29.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Jacob was still talking with them when Rachel arrived with her father’s flock, for she was a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father&#8217s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father&#8217s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />While Jacob was still talking with the men, his cousin Rachel came up with her father's sheep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />While he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />While he was still talking to them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, because she was a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />While Jacob was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with the flock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />While he was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, since she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father?s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, for she was tending them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was tending them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel has come with the flock which her father has, for she [is] shepherdess;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she is shepherdess;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He yet speaking to them, and Rachel came with the sheep were to her father; for she fed them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she fed the flock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They were still speaking, and behold, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep; for she pastured the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />While he was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was the one who tended them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />gland while he was still conversing with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she was a shepherdess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And while he was speaking with them, Rakhyl came with the sheep of her father because she was a shepherdess.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she tended them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/29-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6987" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/29.htm">Jacob Meets Rachel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.” <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·w·ḏen·nū (Adv:: 3ms) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">While</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: mə·ḏab·bêr (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">he was still speaking</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mām (Prep:: 3mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7354.htm" title="7354: wə·rā·ḥêl (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A wife of Jacob. The same as rachel; Rachel, a wife of Jacob.">Rachel</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">arrived</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: lə·’ā·ḇî·hā (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">her father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: haṣ·ṣōn (Art:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">sheep,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘āh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">was a shepherdess.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-15.htm">Genesis 24:15-20</a></span><br />Before 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. / Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again. / So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Exodus 2:16-21</a></span><br />Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. / And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock. / When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/2-5.htm">Ruth 2:5-9</a></span><br />And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?” / The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. / She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-7.htm">John 4:7-14</a></span><br />When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” / (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) / “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-43.htm">Genesis 24:43-46</a></span><br />Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’ / and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son. / And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11-13</a></span><br />And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?” / “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place. / As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-25.htm">Genesis 30:25-30</a></span><br />Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland. / Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.” / But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-11.htm">Genesis 24:11-14</a></span><br />As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water. / “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. / Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/33-13.htm">Genesis 33:13-14</a></span><br />But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die. / Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">Genesis 24:62-67</a></span><br />Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev. / Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching. / And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Genesis 28:1-5</a></span><br />So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. / “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. / May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12-14</a></span><br />Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him, / and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy. / He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-4.htm">Genesis 31:4-13</a></span><br />So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were, / and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me. / You know that I have served your father with all my strength. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-1.htm">Genesis 24:1-4</a></span><br />By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way. / So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh, / and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1-3</a></span><br />When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?” / Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.</p><p class="hdg">Rachel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-15.htm">Genesis 24:15</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15,16,21</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Song of Solomon 1:7,8</a></b></br> Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest <i>thy flock</i> to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? … </p><p class="hdg">for she kept them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/24-6.htm">Care</a> <a href="/genesis/28-21.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/29-8.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/genesis/29-6.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/29-8.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/27-6.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/genesis/19-27.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Tended</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/30-29.htm">Care</a> <a href="/genesis/29-12.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/29-10.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/29-14.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/genesis/29-10.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/29-10.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/39-10.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/genesis/35-13.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Tended</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Jacob comes to the well of Haran.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-9.htm">He becomes acquainted with Rachel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-13.htm">Laban entertains him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-18.htm">Jacob covenants for Rachel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-23.htm">He is deceived by Laban with Leah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-28.htm">He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-32.htm">Leah bears Reuben;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-33.htm">Simeon;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-34.htm">Levi;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/29-35.htm">and Judah.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>While he was still speaking with them</b><br>This phrase refers to Jacob's interaction with the shepherds at the well. The context is Jacob's journey to Haran, where he seeks his mother's family. This moment highlights the providential timing in biblical narratives, where God orchestrates events to fulfill His purposes. It echoes similar divine encounters, such as Abraham's servant meeting Rebekah (Genesis 24).<p><b>Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep</b><br>Rachel's arrival signifies a pivotal moment in Jacob's life, as she will become his beloved wife. The mention of her tending sheep indicates her active role in her family's livelihood, which was common in pastoral societies. This scene foreshadows Jacob's future as a shepherd and his eventual prosperity through God's blessing. The imagery of sheep is significant throughout Scripture, symbolizing God's people and the care of a shepherd, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>).<p><b>for she was a shepherdess</b><br>Rachel's role as a shepherdess is notable, as it highlights the involvement of women in significant tasks within their families. This detail underscores the theme of God using unexpected individuals to accomplish His plans. The shepherd motif is prevalent in the Bible, with key figures like Moses and David also serving as shepherds before their leadership roles. This prepares the reader for understanding Jesus' role as the ultimate Shepherd, who leads and cares for His flock.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jacob is in the land of his relatives, seeking a wife from his mother's family. He is the son of Isaac and Rebekah and the grandson of Abraham.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/rachel.htm">Rachel</a></b><br>The daughter of Laban, Rachel is introduced here as a shepherdess. Her role as a shepherdess is significant, as it was uncommon for women to be shepherds in that culture.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/laban.htm">Laban</a></b><br>Though not directly mentioned in this verse, Laban is Rachel's father and Jacob's uncle. He plays a significant role in the events that follow.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_well.htm">The Well</a></b><br>The setting of this encounter, the well is a place of gathering and social interaction, often serving as a backdrop for significant biblical events.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheep.htm">Sheep</a></b><br>The sheep are under Rachel's care, highlighting her responsibility and diligence in her duties.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing.htm">Divine Timing</a></b><br>God's timing is perfect. Just as Rachel arrived while Jacob was speaking, God orchestrates events in our lives at the right moment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_women.htm">Role of Women</a></b><br>Rachel's role as a shepherdess challenges cultural norms and highlights the value and capability of women in God's plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/diligence_in_duty.htm">Diligence in Duty</a></b><br>Rachel's care for her father's sheep demonstrates faithfulness in everyday responsibilities, a trait that God honors.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/providence_in_relationships.htm">Providence in Relationships</a></b><br>God often uses ordinary circumstances, like meeting at a well, to bring about His purposes in relationships.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_rachel_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Rachel in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/summarize_leah_and_rachel's_story..htm">What is the summary of Leah and Rachel's story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_jacob_alone_move_a_multi-shepherd_stone.htm">Genesis 29:2-3: How plausible is it for Jacob alone to remove a stone that typically required multiple shepherds?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jacob_marry_leah_and_rachel.htm">How did Jacob end up marrying both Leah and Rachel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Rachel came with her father's sheep.</span>--Comp. <a href="/exodus/2-16.htm" title="Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.">Exodus 2:16</a>; and so in modern times Mr. Malan saw "the sheik's daughter, the beautiful and well-favoured Ladheefeh, drive her flock of fine patriarchal sheep" to a well for water in this very region (<span class= "ital">Philosophy or Truth, </span>p. 95). As forty years at least elapsed between this meeting of Jacob and Rachel and the birth of Benjamin, she must have been a mere child at this time.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And while he yet spake with them</span> (literally, <span class="accented">he yet speaking with them</span>), <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them</span> - or, she was a shepherdess, the part. <span class="hebrew">רֹעָה</span> being used as a substantive (Gesenius, 'Lex.,' sub. nom.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/29-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">While</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹדֶ֖נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·ḏen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he was still speaking</span><br /><span class="heb">מְדַבֵּ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with them,</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Rachel</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָחֵ֣ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·ḥêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7354.htm">Strong's 7354: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rachel -- a wife of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arrived</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֗אָה</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאָבִ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ā·ḇî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sheep,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֹּאן֙</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she</span><br /><span class="heb">הִֽוא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was a shepherdess.</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(rō·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/29-9.htm">OT Law: Genesis 29:9 While he was yet speaking with them (Gen. 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