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Genesis 29:7

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7 Er sprach: Es ist noch hoher Tag und ist noch nicht Zeit das Vieh einzutreiben; tränkt doch die Schafe und geht hin und weidet sie. {~}

Genesis 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (lwdg) "magnus", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "multus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt; "multum adhuc suparet diei", Vatablus.
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Genesis 29:7 In-Context

5 Er sprach zu ihnen: Kennt ihr auch Laban, den Sohn Nahors? Sie antworteten: Wir kennen ihn wohl.
6 Er sprach: Geht es ihm auch wohl? Sie antworteten: Es geht ihm wohl; und siehe, da kommt seine Tochter Rahel mit den Schafen.
7 Er sprach: Es ist noch hoher Tag und ist noch nicht Zeit das Vieh einzutreiben; tränkt doch die Schafe und geht hin und weidet sie. {~}
8 Sie antworteten: Wir können nicht, bis daß alle Herden zusammengebracht werden und wir den Stein von des Brunnens Loch wälzen und also die Schafe tränken.
9 Als er noch mit ihnen redete, kam Rahel mit den Schafen ihres Vaters; denn sie hütete die Schafe.
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