He said to them, “Is it well with him?”
They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 29:6 in context
Genesis 29:3–9
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There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back on the well’s mouth in its place.
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Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?”
They said, “We are from Haran.”
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He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?”
They said, “We know him.”
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He said to them, “Is it well with him?”
They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
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He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”
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They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.”
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While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
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