The Meaning of Genesis 29:7 Explained

Genesis 29:7

KJV: 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.

YLT: And he saith, 'Lo, the day is still great, it is not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.'

Darby: And he said, Behold, it is yet high day; it is not time that the cattle should be gathered together; water the sheep, and go, feed them.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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]. 

What does Genesis 29:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 29:1-20 - Jacob In Laban's Home
Well might Jacob lift up his feet! See margin. When we are sure of God we receive strength that enables us to run with patience the race that is set before us. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and we have a special claim on His guidance in our matrimonial alliances-the most solemn and momentous step of all. There were many good qualities in Rachel, fitting her to be a good wife. Her humility and industry, her patience under the oppression of the unmannerly shepherds, her haste to share her joy with her father-all these elicited Jacob's love. What a touch of old-world and new-world poetry is in those words of Genesis 29:20! Where Love is queen time is too short, labor never hard, distance never long, sacrifice unheard of! Oh, that we so loved our Lord, that for the missionary toiling through long years, and the invalid condemned to a life of pain, affliction might appear light and but for a moment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 29

1  Jacob comes to the well of Haran
9  He becomes acquainted with Rachel
13  Laban entertains him
18  Jacob covenants for Rachel
23  He is deceived by Laban with Leah
28  He marries also Rachel, and serves for her seven years more
32  Leah bears Reuben;
33  Simeon;
34  Levi;
35  and Judah

What do the individual words in Genesis 29:7 mean?

And he said Look yet [it is] still daylight broad not [it is] time for to be gathered together the livestock Water the sheep and go pasture them
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֵ֥ן עוֹד֙ הַיּ֣וֹם גָּד֔וֹל לֹא־ עֵ֖ת הֵאָסֵ֣ף הַמִּקְנֶ֑ה הַשְׁק֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן וּלְכ֥וּ רְעֽוּ

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר  And  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הֵ֥ן  Look 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הֵן  
Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
עוֹד֙  yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
הַיּ֣וֹם  [it  is]  still  daylight 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
גָּד֔וֹל  broad 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
עֵ֖ת  [it  is]  time  for 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
הֵאָסֵ֣ף  to  be  gathered  together 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
הַמִּקְנֶ֑ה  the  livestock 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִקְנֶה  
Sense: cattle, livestock.
הַשְׁק֥וּ  Water 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׁקָה  
Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
הַצֹּ֖אן  the  sheep 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צֹאן  
Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
וּלְכ֥וּ  and  go 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
רְעֽוּ  pasture  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: רָעָה 
Sense: to pasture, tend, graze, feed.

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