Genesis 29:7
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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.“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
In other translations
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.“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הֵןhenhere!H2005עוֹד'odstillH5750הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117גָּדוֹלgadol[is] greatH1419לֹא־lo'-notH3808עֵת'et[the] time ofH6256הֵאָסֵףhe'asef[the] being gathered ofH622הַמִּקְנֶהhamiknehthe livestockH4735הַשְׁקוּhashkuwaterH8248הַצֹּאןhatzonthe sheepH6629וּלְכוּulekhuand goH1980רְעוּ׃re'upasture [them]H7462
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Galatians 6:9-109 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.9 Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
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