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BrLXXἜτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἰδοὺ Ῥαχὴλ ἡ θυγάτηρ Λάβαν ἤρχετο μετὰ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς· αὐτὴ γὰρ ἔβοσκε τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς. (Eti autou lalountos autois, kai idou Ɽaⱪaʸl haʸ thugataʸr Laban aʸrⱪeto meta tōn probatōn tou patros autaʸs; autaʸ gar eboske ta probata tou patros autaʸs. )
BrTrWhile he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.
ULTHe was still talking with them when Rachel came with the sheep that belonged to her father, because she was tending them.
USTWhile Jacob was still talking with the shepherds, Rachel arrived at the well with her father Laban’s sheep; it was her job to take care of them.
BSB § While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
OEBWhile he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she was a shepherdess.
WEBBEWhile he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
JPSWhile he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she tended them.
ASVWhile he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.
DRAThey were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she fed the flock.
YLTHe is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she [is] shepherdess;
DrbyWhile he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
RVWhile he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.
WbstrAnd while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
KJB-1769¶ And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
KJB-1611¶ And while hee yet spake with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them. (¶ And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.)
BshpsWhyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.
GnvaWhile he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheepe, for she kept them. (While he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheep, for she kept them. )
CvdlWhyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with hir fathers shepe, for she kepte ye shepe. (Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheep, for she kepte ye/you_all sheep.)
WycYit thei spaken, and lo! Rachel cam with the scheep of hir fadir. (Yit they spaken, and lo! Rachel came with the sheep of her father.)
LuthAls er noch mit ihnen redete, kam Rahel mit den Schafen ihres Vaters, denn sie hütete der Schafe. (Als he still with to_them redete, came Rahel with the Schafen ihres Vaters, because they/she/them hütete the/of_the Schafe.)
ClVgAdhuc loquebantur, et ecce Rachel veniebat cum ovibus patris sui: nam gregem ipsa pascebat. (Adhuc loquebantur, and behold Rachel he_was_coming when/with ovibus of_the_father sui: nam gregem herself pascebat. )
29:2-12 Jacob’s meeting Rachel at the well was providentially timed by the sovereign God who was leading Jacob to fulfillment of the promises (cp. 24:12-20). The well was a reminder of God’s blessing (cp. 16:13-14; 21:19; 26:19-25, 33).
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
