And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.
WEB
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
YLT
He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she is shepherdess;
DBT
While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)