Genesis 29:7

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He said, 'Look, the day is still high; it is not time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them out to pasture.'

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  • Gal 6:9-9 : 9 Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
  • Eph 5:16 : 16 Make the most of the time, because the days are evil.

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  • Gen 29:8-10
    3 verses
    85%

    8But they said, 'We cannot until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled away from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.'

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

    10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban’s sheep, he went up, rolled the stone away from the well’s mouth, and watered his uncle Laban’s sheep.

  • Gen 29:6
    77%

    6Then he asked, 'Is he well?' They said, 'He is well, and look, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.'

  • Gen 29:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2He saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying beside it because that well was where the flocks were watered. A large stone was over the mouth of the well.

    3All the flocks would gather there, and the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s opening to water the sheep, and then they would put the stone back over the well’s mouth in its place.

  • Gen 33:13
    73%

    13But Jacob replied, 'My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds that are nursing are my responsibility. If they are driven hard even for one day, all the flocks will die.'

  • Prov 27:23
    73%

    23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

  • Gen 37:12-16
    5 verses
    73%

    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

    13Israel said to Joseph, "Aren’t your brothers shepherding the flock at Shechem? Go, and I will send you to them." Joseph replied, "Here I am."

    14So Israel said to him, "Go now and see if everything is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me back a report." Then he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and Joseph went to Shechem.

    15A man found him wandering in the field and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

    16He replied, "I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding."

  • Ezek 34:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

  • Exod 2:16-19
    4 verses
    72%

    16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

    17Some shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their flock.

    18When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked, 'Why have you returned so early today?'

    19They answered, 'An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.'

  • Gen 30:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31Laban asked, 'What shall I give you?' Jacob replied, 'You shall give me nothing. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to tend and watch over your flock.'

    32Let me pass through all your flocks today and remove every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will become my wages.

  • Mic 7:14
    71%

    14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    71%

    16They were a wall of protection around us, both night and day, the whole time we were with them tending the sheep.

  • Gen 31:4
    71%

    4So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flock was.

  • Gen 46:32
    71%

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 30:42
    70%

    42But if the animals were weak, he would not place the branches there. So the weaker animals went to Laban, and the stronger ones to Jacob.

  • 1 Sam 25:7
    70%

    7I have heard that you are shearing your sheep. While your shepherds were with us, we did not harm them, nor was anything of theirs missing during their time in Carmel.

  • Zech 11:4
    70%

    4This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’

  • Ezek 34:9
    70%

    9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD.

  • Ps 78:71
    70%

    71From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance.

  • Gen 30:35-36
    2 verses
    70%

    35That same day, Laban went and removed all the streaked or spotted male goats, all the speckled or spotted female goats, and every dark-colored lamb. He placed them in the care of his sons.

    36Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban's flocks.

  • Gen 31:38
    70%

    38I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten rams from your flocks.

  • Gen 24:11
    69%

    11He had the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

  • 1 Chr 4:39
    69%

    39They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

  • Ezek 34:22
    69%

    22I will save My flock so they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

  • Gen 30:29
    69%

    29Jacob said to him, 'You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.'

  • Ezek 34:17
    69%

    17As for you, My flock, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

  • Isa 7:21
    69%

    21On that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two goats.

  • Num 27:17
    69%

    17to go out and come in before them, to lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.

  • Gen 30:38
    69%

    38He placed the peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so they would mate when they came to drink.

  • Gen 32:16
    69%

    16Thirty camels nursing their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.

  • Jer 6:3
    69%

    3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents surrounding her and graze, each in his place.

  • Ps 8:7
    68%

    7You made him ruler over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet—