GENESIS 29:6

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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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.”

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Genesis 29:6 Translation & Meaning

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And he said וַיֹּ֥אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
unto them, he well? הֲשָׁל֣וֹם Safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace well
Is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
And they said, וַיֹּֽאמְר֣וּ To say (used with great latitude) said
He is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
well: שָׁל֔וֹם Safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace well
and, behold, וְהִנֵּה֙ Lo! behold
Rachel רָחֵ֣ל Rachel, a wife of Jacob Rachel
his daughter בִּתּ֔וֹ A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) daughter
cometh בָּאָ֖ה To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) cometh
with עִם Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) with
the sheep. הַצֹּֽאן׃ A collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) sheep

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  • 4  And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

  • 5  And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

  • 6  And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

  • 7  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.

  • 8  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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