Chuàngshìjì 29:8

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

Chuàngshìjì 29:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 29:8

And they said, we cannot
That is, water the sheep; either because the stone was a great one, as Jarchi observes, and therefore used to be removed by the joint strength of all the shepherds when they came together, though Jacob rolled it away of himself afterwards; but this is imputed to his great strength: or rather it was a custom that obtained among them, or an agreement made between them, that the stone should not be removed from the mouth of the well, and any flock watered,

until all the flocks be gathered together;
and therefore they could not fairly and rightly do it, without violating the law and custom among them:

and [till] they roll the stone from the well's mouth;
that is, the shepherds of the several flocks:

then we water the sheep;
and not till then.

Chuàngshìjì 29:8 In-Context

6 Yǎgè shuō , tā píngān ma . tāmen shuō , píngān . kàn nǎ , tā nǚér Lājié lǐng zhe yáng lái le .

7 Yǎgè shuō , rìtou hái gāo , bù shì yáng qún jùjí de shíhou , nǐmen bù rú yìn yáng , zaì qù fàng yī fàng .

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 .