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Genesis 29:7

World English Bible

He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”

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Genesis 29:7 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.

Genesis 29:7 · American Standard Version

Genesis 29:7 in context

  1. 5He said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?”
    They said, “We know him.”
  2. 6He said to them, “Is it well with him?”
    They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
  3. 7He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”
  4. 8They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we water the sheep.”
  5. 9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.