Genesis 29:6

4 And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from ^aHaran.”

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.”

7 Then he said, “Look, it is still¹ high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”

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.

10 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 ^arolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

11 Then Jacob ^akissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Genesis 29:6

Is he well? - hashalom lo ? Is there peace to him? Peace among the Hebrews signified all kinds of prosperity. Is he a prosperous man in his family and in his property? And they said, He is well, shalom , he prospers.

Rachel - cometh with the sheep - rachel (the ch sounded strongly guttural) signifies a sheep or ewe; and she probably had her name from her fondness for these animals.

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