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Genesis 29:8
“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.”
Verse in context — Genesis 29
He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.
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.
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.
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
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.
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