Génesis 29:7

7 Y él dijo: He aquí, aún es pleno día, no es tiempo de recoger el ganado. Dad de beber a las ovejas, e id a apacentarlas.

Génesis 29:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:7

And he said, lo, [it is] yet high day
Noonday, when the sun is highest; at which time in those hot countries flocks used to be made to lie down in shady places, and by still waters, to which the allusion is in ( Psalms 23:2 ) ( Song of Solomon 1:7 ) ; or however the sun was still up very high, and there was a great deal of the day yet to come; for so the phrase is, "yet the day is great" or "much" ^F3, a long time still untonight:

neither [is it] time that the cattle should be gathered together;
off of the pastures, to be had home, and put into folds, which was usually done in the evening:

water ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them];
give them water out of the well to drink, and then lead them out the pastures, and let them feed until the night is coming on: this he said not in an authoritative way, or in a surly ill natured manner, and as reproving them for their slothfulness; but kindly and gently giving his advice, who was a shepherd himself, and knew what was proper to be done; and this appears by the shepherds taking in good part what he said, and returning a civil answer.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (lwdg) "magnus", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "multus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt; "multum adhuc suparet diei", Vatablus.

Génesis 29:7 In-Context

5 Entonces les dijo: ¿Conocéis a Labán, hijo de Nacor? Y ellos respondieron: Lo conocemos.

6 Y él les dijo: ¿Se encuentra bien? Y dijeron: Está bien; mira, su hija Raquel viene con las ovejas.

7 Y él dijo: He aquí, aún es pleno día, no es tiempo de recoger el ganado. Dad de beber a las ovejas, e id a apacentarlas.

8 Pero ellos dijeron: No podemos, hasta que se junten todos los rebaños y quiten la piedra de la boca del pozo; entonces daremos de beber a las ovejas.

9 Todavía estaba él hablando con ellos, cuando llegó Raquel con las ovejas de su padre, pues ella era pastora.