5 Then he said to them, “Do you know ^aLaban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”  ‡

6 So he said to them, ^a“Is he well?” And they said, “He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel ^bis coming with the sheep.”  ‡

8 But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.”

9 Now while he was still speaking with them, ^aRachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.  ‡