Genesis 29:7-9

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⁷ Jacob said, “But look, it is still ·the middle of the day [broad daylight]. It is not time for the sheep to be gathered for the night, so give them water and let them go back into the pasture.”

⁸ But they said, “We cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered. Then we will roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep.”

⁹ While ·Jacob [^Lhe] was talking with ·the shepherds [^Lthem], Rachel came with her father’s sheep, because ·it was her job to care for the sheep [^Lshe was a shepherdess].