Genesis 29:9

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

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

In Context

8But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll away the stone from the well; then we will water the sheep.”

10When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone from the well and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Read all of Genesis 29

Cross References

Genesis 24:15Then even before he was through speaking, Rebekah, who was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water-jar upon her shoulder.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 29:9