Genesis 29:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

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  • Gen 37:14 : 14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
  • Gen 43:27 : 27 And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.
  • Exod 18:7 : 7 And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.
  • 1 Sam 17:22 : 22 And David gave his parcels into the hands of the keeper of the army stores, and went running to the army and came to his brothers to get knowledge about them.
  • 1 Sam 25:5 : 5 And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;
  • 2 Sam 20:9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.

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  • Gen 29:7-13
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    7 Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.

    8 And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

    9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

    10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

    11 And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

    12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.

    13 And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

  • Gen 29:2-5
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    2 And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

    3 And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

    4 Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

    5 And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.

  • Gen 31:4-5
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    4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

    5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

  • Gen 29:16-19
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    16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

    17 And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

    18 And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

    19 And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

  • Gen 30:29-30
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    29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Gen 29:28-29
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    28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

    29 And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

  • 14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • 1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

  • 12 And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

  • 29 So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

  • 14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • 43 Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

  • 27 And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.

  • Gen 31:32-33
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    32 As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

    33 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

  • 23 And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

  • 8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

  • Gen 24:29-30
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    29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

    30 And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.

  • Gen 31:18-19
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    18 And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

    19 Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

  • 25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

  • 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today?

  • 13 But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.