9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
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Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? …
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. …
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)Here we see, 1. Rachel’s humility and industry: She kept her father’s sheep (Gen. 29:9), that is, she took the care of them, having servants under her that were employed about them. Rachel’s name signifies a sheep . Note, Honest useful labour is that which nobody needs be ashamed of, nor ought it to be a hindrance to any one’s preferment. 2. Jacob’s tenderness and affection. When he understood tha…
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