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They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.”

Genesis 29:8 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૨૯:૮
તેઓએ કહ્યું, “ઘેટાંનાં બધાં ટોળાં અને ભરવાડો એકઠાં નહિ થાય ત્યાં સુધી અમે તેઓને પાણી પીવડાવી શકતા નથી. કૂવા પરથી પથ્થર ખસેડાય તે પછી અમે ઘેટાંને પાણી પીવડાવી શકીએ છે.
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति २९:८
उन्होंने कहा, “हम अभी ऐसा नहीं कर सकते, जब सब झुण्ड इकट्ठे होते हैं तब पत्थर कुएँ के मुँह से लुढ़काया जाता है, और तब हम भेड़-बकरियों को पानी पिलाते हैं।”

In context

6He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”

7He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”

8They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.”

9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.

10When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

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