"And he said, Lo, {it is} yet high day, neither {is it} time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sh…" — Genesis 29:7

Genesis 29:7 · KJV

“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}. {it is...: Heb. yet the day is great}”

— Genesis 29:7

Verse 6

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...: Heb. Is there peace to him?}

Verse 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.

Genesis 29 — Context

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know {him}.

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...: Heb. Is there peace to him?}

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}. {it is...: Heb. yet the day is great}

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.

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:16

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Galatians 6:9-10

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.