Genesis 29:7
in Genesis 29“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
KJV
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
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This verse in Genesis 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
it is still broad daylight
on Genesis 29:7-8
Jacob tells working men their business on his first day in the country. They answer that every flock must gather first, and that the stone comes off the well before any sheep drink. Their rule says the stone waits for all of them. He is told plainly what moving it takes.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he said, lo, it is yet high day,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
It is yet high day - The day is but about half run; neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together - it is surely not time yet to put them into the folds; give them therefore water, and take them again to pasture.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הֵ֥ן | hen | here! | H2005 → | 316 times |
| עוֹד֙ | ʾod | still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| גָּד֔וֹל | gadol | [is] great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עֵ֖ת | ʾet | [the] time of | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הֵאָסֵ֣ף | heasef | [the] being gathered of | H622 → | 200 times |
| הַמִּקְנֶ֑ה | hamikneh | the livestock | H4735 → | 76 times |
| הַשְׁק֥וּ | hashku | water | H8248 → | 61 times |
| הַצֹּ֖אן | hatzon | the sheep | H6629 → | 274 times |
| וּלְכ֥וּ | ulekhu | and go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| רְעֽוּ׃ | reu | pasture [them] | H7462 → | 177 times |
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הֵ֥ןhere!
henH2005 →316 times
עוֹד֙still
ʾodH5750 →490 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
גָּד֔וֹל[is] great
gadolH1419 →526 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
עֵ֖ת[the] time of
ʾetH6256 →296 times
הֵאָסֵ֣ף[the] being gathered of
heasefH622 →200 times
הַמִּקְנֶ֑הthe livestock
hamiknehH4735 →76 times
הַשְׁק֥וּwater
hashkuH8248 →61 times
הַצֹּ֖אןthe sheep
hatzonH6629 →274 times
וּלְכ֥וּand go
ulekhuH1980 →1546 times
רְעֽוּ׃pasture [them]
reuH7462 →177 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ephesians 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
it leads to
- Colossians 4:5
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
- Amos 5:13
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- John 12:35
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
- Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Ephesians 6:13
Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
- Colossians 4:5
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).