King James Version
What Does Genesis 29:6 Mean?
“And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. Is he: Heb. Is there peace to him?”
Context
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And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
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And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
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And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. Is he: Heb. Is there peace to him?
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And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. it is: Heb. yet the day is great
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And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
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Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**42-45. these words of Esau were told Rebekah--**Poor woman! she now early begins to reap the bitter fruits of her fraudulent device; she is obliged to part with her son, for whom she planned it, never, probably, seeing him again; and he felt the retributive justice of heaven fall upon him heavily in his own future family.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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