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Genesis 29:8

6 “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

7 “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.”

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.”

9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

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BSB
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.”
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.
WEB
They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.”
ASV
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well`s mouth. Then we water the sheep.
DARBY
And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water the sheep.
BLB
And they said, “We are not able until that all the flocks are gathered together and they have rolled the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep.”
ÅB
Men de sa: Det kan vi ikke før alle feflokkene er samlet, og steinen blir veltet fra brønnens åpning; da vanner vi småfeet.
OTB
Men de svarte: «Vi kan ikke gjøre det før alle flokkene er samlet og steinen er rullet bort fra brønnens munn; da vil vi vanne sauene.»
B1930
Men de sa: Det kan vi ikke før alle feflokkene er samlet, og stenen blir veltet fra brønnens åpning; da vanner vi småfeet.

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Cross references

  • Mark 16:3

    They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

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  • Luke 24:2

    They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

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  • Genesis 34:14

    “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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  • Genesis 29:3

    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.

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  • Genesis 43:32

    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.

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