Genesis 29:8 “But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered…”

Genesis 29:8

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And they say, 'We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.'

Bible in Basic English

And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

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Cross references

“roll”

Mark 16:3 Luke 24:2

Mark 16:3 · BSB

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

Luke 24:2 · BSB

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

Also

Genesis 29:3 Genesis 43:32 Genesis 34:14

Genesis 29:3 · BSB

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 43:32 · BSB

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 34:14 · BSB

“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.”

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

Read Genesis 29