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Genesis 29:6
He said: Is he in health? He is in health, say they: and behold, Rachel, his daughter, cometh with his flock.
Genesis 29:6 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 29:6 in other translations
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
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In context
3 And the custom was, when all the sheep were gathered together, to roll away the stone, and after the sheep were watered, to put it on the mouth of the well again.
4 And he said to the shepherds: Brethren, whence are you? They answered: Of Haran.
5 And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban, the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.
6 He said: Is he in health? He is in health, say they: and behold, Rachel, his daughter, cometh with his flock.
7 And Jacob said: There is yet much day remaining, neither is it time to bring the flocks into the folds again: first give the sheep drink, and so lead them back to feed.
8 They answered: We cannot, till all the cattle be gathered together, and we remove the stone from the well's mouth, that we may water the flocks.
9 They were yet speaking, and behold Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she fed the flock.
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