Genesis 29:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And 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.'

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  • Gen 29:3 : 3 (When thither have all the droves been gathered, and they have rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well, and have watered the flock, then they have turned back the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.)
  • Gen 34:14 : 14 and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it `is' a reproach to us.
  • Gen 43:32 : 32 And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it `is' an abomination to the Egyptians.
  • Mark 16:3 : 3 and they said among themselves, `Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'
  • Luke 24:2 : 2 and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,

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