Genesis 29:8

But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll away the stone from the well; then we will water the sheep.”

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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

7He said, “See, the sun is still high! It is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep and feed them.”

9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she was a shepherdess.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:14“We cannot do this. We cannot give our sister to someone who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

Mark 16:3They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us 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 →

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