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Genesis 29:3

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.

KJV

Morisque erat ut cunctis ovibus congregatis devolverent lapidem, et refectis gregibus rursum super os putei ponerent.

Vulgate

καὶ συνήγοντο ἐκεῖ πάντα τὰ ποίμνια, καὶ ἀπεκύλιον τὸν λίθον ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ φρέατος, καὶ ἐπότιζον τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ ἀπεκαθίστων τὸν λίθον ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ φρέατος εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in its place.

ASV

וְ/נֶאֶסְפוּ שָׁ֣מָּ/ה כָל הָ/עֲדָרִ֗ים וְ/גָלֲל֤וּ אֶת הָ/אֶ֨בֶן֙ מֵ/עַל֙ פִּ֣י הַ/בְּאֵ֔ר וְ/הִשְׁק֖וּ אֶת הַ/צֹּ֑אן וְ/הֵשִׁ֧יבוּ אֶת הָ/אֶ֛בֶן עַל פִּ֥י הַ/בְּאֵ֖ר לִ/מְקֹמָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
גֹּ֣ל
gl
verb · 18×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
י
y
noun · 496×
יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
y'sp
verb · 200×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 61×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 29:8 — 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.