Génesis 29:7

7 —Todavía estamos a plena luz del día —dijo Jacob—, por lo que es demasiado temprano para reunir a los animales. ¿Por qué no dan ustedes de beber a las ovejas y a las cabras para que así puedan volver a pastar?

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 —¿Conocen allí a un hombre llamado Labán, el nieto de Nacor? —les preguntó.
—Sí, lo conocemos —contestaron.

6 —¿Y él está bien? —preguntó Jacob.
—Sí, está bien —contestaron—. Mire, ahí viene su hija Raquel con los rebaños.

7 —Todavía estamos a plena luz del día —dijo Jacob—, por lo que es demasiado temprano para reunir a los animales. ¿Por qué no dan ustedes de beber a las ovejas y a las cabras para que así puedan volver a pastar?

8 —No podemos dar de beber a los animales hasta que hayan llegado todos los rebaños —contestaron—. Entonces los pastores quitan la piedra de la boca del pozo y damos de beber a todas las ovejas y las cabras.

9 Todavía estaba Jacob hablando con ellos cuando llegó Raquel con los rebaños de su padre, porque ella era pastora.