King James Version
Genesis 29:9 in the King James Version says “And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.”
Genesis 29:9 · KJV
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
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.
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And while he yet”
H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“with her father's”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for she kept them”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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