Genesis 29:8
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559לֹאlo'notH3808נוּכַלnukhalwe are ableH3201עַד'aduntilH5704אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834יֵאָסְפוּye'asefuthey will be gatheredH622כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעֲדָרִיםha'adarimthe flocksH5739וְגָלֲלוּvegalaluand people will rollH1556אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאֶבֶןha'eventhe stoneH68מֵעַלme'alfrom overH5921פִּיpi[the] mouth ofH6310הַבְּאֵרhabe'erthe wellH875וְהִשְׁקִינוּvehishkinuand we will waterH8248הַצֹּאן׃hatzonthe sheepH6629
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Related verses
- Mark 16:3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
- Luke 24:2And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
- 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.They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
- 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.When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
- 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:“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
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