Genesis 29:8

They responded, “We cannot, until all the animals are gathered together and we remove the stone from the mouth of the well, so that we may water the flocks.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

In Context

7And Jacob said, “There is still much daylight remaining, and it is not time to return the flocks to the sheepfold. Give the sheep to drink first, and then lead them back to pasture.”

9They were still speaking, and behold, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep; for she pastured the flock.

Read all of Genesis 29

Cross References

Genesis 34:14“We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.

Mark 16:3And they said to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us, away from the entrance of the tomb?”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:2-9

Jacob's Arrival at Padan-aram. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 29:8