Chuàngshìjì 29:10

10 Yǎgè kànjian mǔ jiù Lābān de nǚér Lājié hé mǔ jiù Lābān de yáng qún , jiù shàng qián bǎ shítou zhuàn lí jǐng kǒu , yìn tā mǔ jiù Lābān de yáng qún .

Chuàngshìjì 29:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:10

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of
Laban his mother's brother
Coming with her flock towards the well, and for whom and whose flock only the shepherds might be waiting:

and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother;
wherefore out of respect to him and his, he being so nearly allied to him, it was

that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth,
either with the help of the shepherds, or of himself by his own strength; which the Jewish writers ^F8 say amazed the shepherds, that he should do that himself, which required their united strength. The Targum of Jonathan says, he did it with one of his arms; and Jarchi, that he removed it as easily as a man takes off the lid cover of a pot:

and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother;
this he did partly out of respect to his relations, and partly that he might be taken notice of by Rachel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Pirke Eliezer, c. 36.

Chuàngshìjì 29:10 In-Context

8 Tāmen shuō , wǒmen bùnéng , bì dĕng yáng qún jù qì , rén bǎ shítou zhuàn lí jǐng kǒu cái kè yìn yáng .

9 Yǎgè zhèng hé tāmen shuōhuà de shíhou , Lājié lǐng zhe tā fùqin de yáng lái le , yīnwei nàxiē yáng shì tā mù fàng de .

10 Yǎgè kànjian mǔ jiù Lābān de nǚér Lājié hé mǔ jiù Lābān de yáng qún , jiù shàng qián bǎ shítou zhuàn lí jǐng kǒu , yìn tā mǔ jiù Lābān de yáng qún .

11 Yǎgè yù Lājié qīnzuǐ, jiù fàng shēng ér kū .

12 Yǎgè gàosu Lājié , zìjǐ shì tā fùqin de waìsheng , shì Lìbǎijiā de érzi , Lājié jiù pǎo qù gàosu tā fùqin .