Genesis 29:9
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They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she fed the flock.

Genesis 29:8
They answered: We cannot, till all the cattle be gathered together, and we remove the stone from the well's mouth, that we may water the flocks.

Genesis 29:10
And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to be his cousin german, and that they were the sheep of Laban, his uncle: he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed.

Exodus 2:16
And the priest of Madian had seven daughters, who came to draw water: and when the troughs were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

1 Samuel 9:11
And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?

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They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she fed the flock.

Rachel.

Genesis 24:15 He had not yet ended these words within himself, and behold Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder:

Exodus 2:15,16,21 And Pharao heard of this word, and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well. . . .

Songs 1:7,8 If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds. . . .

for she kept them.

Context
Jacob Meets Rachel
8They answered: We cannot, till all the cattle be gathered together, and we remove the stone from the well's mouth, that we may water the flocks. 9They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she fed the flock.10And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to be his cousin german, and that they were the sheep of Laban, his uncle: he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed.…
Lexicon
While
עוֹדֶ֖נּוּ (‘ō·w·ḏen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

he was still speaking
מְדַבֵּ֣ר (mə·ḏab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with them,
עִמָּ֑ם (‘im·mām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

Rachel
וְרָחֵ֣ל ׀ (wə·rā·ḥêl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

arrived
בָּ֗אָה (bā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

her father’s
לְאָבִ֔יהָ (lə·’ā·ḇî·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

sheep,
הַצֹּאן֙ (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

she
הִֽוא׃ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was a shepherdess.
רֹעָ֖ה (rō·‘āh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with


Additional Translations
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep. For she kept them.

While 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.

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

While he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.

And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she is shepherdess;
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