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Genesis 29:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 29 · 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 29:8 · King James Version
Genesis 29:8 in context
6And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7And 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.
8And 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.
9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
10And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togetherʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- cannotyâkôlto be able, literally or morallyH3201 →
- flocksʻêderan arrangementH5739 →
- well'sbᵉʼêra pitH875 →
- stoneʼebena stoneH68 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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All the stages Israel's march to Canaan are distinctly noticed, but no particular journal is kept of Jacob's expedition further than Beth-el; no, he had no more such happy nights as he had at Beth-el, no more such visions of the Almighty. That was intended for a feast; he must not expect it to be his daily bread.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8