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.|


In Context

5 He said to them, |Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?| They said, |We know him.|

6 He said to them, |Is it well with him?| They said, |It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.|

7 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.|

8 They 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.|

9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

10 It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

Genesis 29:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:8And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:8"We can't," they replied, "until all the flocks are gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:8They answered: We cannot, till all the cattle be gathered together, and we remove the stone from the well's mouth, that we may water the flocks.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:8And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:8And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:8And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks are collected, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:8And 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:8And 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.