Genesis 29:8

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹא נוּכַל עַד אֲשֶׁר יֵאָֽסְפוּ כָּל ־ הָעֲדָרִים וְגָֽלֲלוּ אֶת ־ הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וְהִשְׁקִינוּ הַצֹּֽאן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7וַיֹּאמֶר הֵן עוֹד הַיּוֹם גָּדוֹל לֹא ־ עֵת הֵאָסֵף הַמִּקְנֶה הַשְׁקוּ הַצֹּאן וּלְכוּ רְעֽוּ ׃

9עוֹדֶנּוּ מְדַבֵּר עִמָּם וְרָחֵל ׀ בָּאָה עִם ־ הַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ כִּי רֹעָה הִֽוא ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 34:14וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לָתֵת אֶת ־ אֲחֹתֵנוּ לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ עָרְלָה כִּֽי ־ חֶרְפָּה הִוא לָֽנוּ ׃

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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