"And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and {till} they roll the stone from the well's mout…" — Genesis 29:8

Genesis 29:8 · KJV

“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 29:8

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

Verse 9

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

Genesis 29 — Context

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.

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.

Cross References

Luke 24:2

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

Mark 16:3

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

Genesis 29:3

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.

Genesis 34:14

And 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 43:32

And 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.