Genesis 29:10 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.”
Genesis 29:10 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 29:1029 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾet—
רָחֵלrāḥēlRachel
בַּתbatDaughter
לָבָןlāvānLaban
אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וְאֶתwəʾet—
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
לָבָןlāvānLaban
אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וַיִּגַּשׁwayigašAnd be
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיָּגֶלwayāgelAnd roll
אֶתʾet—
הָאֶבֶןhāʾevenThe stone
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
פִּיpîMouth
הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit
וַיַּשְׁקְwayašəqəAnd quaff
אֶתʾet—
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
לָבָןlāvānLaban
אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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