THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
The residents of that area were incapable of rolling the stone away from the well to provide water for the sheep.
Genesis 29:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
They answered: We cannot, till all the cattle be gathered together, and we remove the stone from the well's mouth, that we may water the flocks.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ לֹ֣א נוּכַל֒ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔ים וְגָֽלֲלוּ֙ אֶת־הָאֶ֔בֶן מֵעַ֖ל פִּ֣י הַבְּאֵ֑ר וְהִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ הַצֹּֽאן׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Mark 16:3And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
- Luke 24:2And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre.
- Gen 29:3And the custom was, when all the sheep were gathered together, to roll away the stone, and after the sheep were watered, to put it on the mouth of the well again.
- Gen 34:14We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; which with us is unlawful and abominable.
- Gen 43:32And when it was set on, for Joseph apart, and for his brethren apart, for the Egyptians also that ate with him apart, (for it is unlawful for the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews, and they think such a feast profane):