Genesis 29:5 Explained in Context

Verse 4. ⁴ And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

Verse 5. ⁵ And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Verse 6. ⁶ And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

Verse 7. ⁷ And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

Verse 8. ⁸ And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.