4 And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from ^aHaran.”  ‡

5 Then he said to them, “Do you know ^aLaban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”  ‡

7 Then he said, “Look, it is still¹ high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”  ‡

8 But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.”