Genesis 29:6

And he said unto them: 'Is it well with him?' And they said: 'It is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

5And he said unto them: 'Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?' And they said: 'We know him.'

7And 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.'

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Cross References

Genesis 43:27And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?'

1 Samuel 17:22And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brethren.

2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa: 'Is it well with thee, my brother?' And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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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