Genesis 29:8

New Living Translation

“We can’t water the animals until all the flocks have arrived,” they replied. “Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:3

It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.

Genesis 29:7

Jacob said, “Look, it’s still broad daylight—too early to round up the animals. Why don’t you water the sheep and goats so they can get back out to pasture?”

Genesis 29:9

Jacob was still talking with them when Rachel arrived with her father’s flock, for she was a shepherd.

Genesis 34:14

They said to them, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you!

Genesis 43:32

The waiters served Joseph at his own table, and his brothers were served at a separate table. The Egyptians who ate with Joseph sat at their own table, because Egyptians despise Hebrews and refuse to eat with them.

Mark 16:3

On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

Luke 24:2

They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.

1 Samuel 9:11

As they were climbing the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water. So Saul and his servant asked, “Is the seer here today?”