Genesis 29:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.”
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“While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she <FI>is<Fi> shepherdess;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 29:9 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:15Before 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.
- Exodus 2:15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
- Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- Exodus 2:21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
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