Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder.
Genesis 29:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she shepherded them. American Standard Version (1901) While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them. Common English Bible While he was still talking to them, Rachel came with her father’s flock since she was its shepherd. Catholic Public Domain Version They were still speaking, and behold, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep; for she pastured the flock. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she fed the flock. |
Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder.
Now when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, and the sheep of his mother’s brother Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth and watered the flock of his mother’s brother Laban.
But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.
As they went up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”