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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4 additional translationsAnd 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.
“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.”
And he saith, `Lo, the day is still great, it is not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.'
And he said, Behold, it is yet high day; it is not time that the cattle should be gathered together; water the sheep, and go, feed [them].
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)