KJV 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.
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Genesis 29:8
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
WEB World English Bible
They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we water the sheep.”
ASV American Standard Version
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they say, ‘We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 29
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].
6 And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it] time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them].
8 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.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮H559 · a.marto sayלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotנוּכַל֒H3201 · ya.kholbe ableעַ֣דH5704 · adtillאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichיֵאָֽסְפוּ֙H622 · a.saphto gatherכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָ֣עֲדָרִ֔יםH5739 · e.derflockוְגָֽלֲלוּ֙H1556 · ga.lalto rollאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאֶ֔בֶןH68 · e.venstoneמֵעַ֖לH5921 · aluponפִּ֣יH6310 · pehlipהַבְּאֵ֑רH875 · be.erwellוְהִשְׁקִ֖ינוּH8248 · sha.qahto water: wateringהַצֹּֽאן׃H6629 · tsonflock
Cross-references
Luke 24:2And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.Mark 16:3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?Genesis 34:14And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us:Genesis 43:32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.Genesis 29:3And 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.
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