Genesis 29:6

Jacob asked, “How is he?” And they answered, “He is well, but hey look, here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

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In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

In Context

5Jacob asked, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” They answered, “Yes we know him.”

7Jacob said, “It is still the middle of the day. It's a bit early to put them in the stockyard for the night. Why don't you give them some water now and then let them go back out into the paddock?”

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Cross References

Genesis 43:27Joseph asked them, “How are you? Last time you were here, you talked about your old father. Is he still alive?”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:2-9

Jacob's Arrival at Padan-aram. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said… Read the whole commentary →

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