Genesis 29:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well's mouth was great.

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  • Exod 2:15-16 : 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
  • Gen 24:11 : 11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
  • Gen 24:13 : 13 Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water:
  • Ps 23:2 : 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.
  • Song 1:6-7 : 6 Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; [But] mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
  • John 4:6 : 6 and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  • John 4:14 : 14 but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

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  • Gen 29:3-4
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    3And 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.

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

  • Gen 29:6-11
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    6And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

    7And 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.

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

    9While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.

    10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

    11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • Gen 29:1
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    1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

  • Gen 28:11-12
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    11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

    12And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

  • Gen 26:19
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    19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

  • Gen 30:38-39
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    38And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

    39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

  • Gen 31:12
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    12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

  • Gen 26:32
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    32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

  • Gen 24:29-30
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    29And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.

    30And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.

  • Gen 21:30
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    30And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

  • Gen 31:10
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    10And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.

  • Gen 24:13-14
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    13Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water:

    14and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

  • Gen 21:19
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    19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

  • Gen 24:43
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    43behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;

  • Gen 31:45-46
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    45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

    46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

  • Gen 37:14-15
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    14And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

    15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

  • Exod 2:19
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    19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.

  • Gen 28:18
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    18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

  • Gen 24:45
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    45And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

  • Gen 26:15
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    15Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

  • Gen 24:11
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    11And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

  • Gen 31:4
    69%

    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

  • Gen 30:41-42
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    69%

    41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

    42but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

  • Gen 30:29
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    29And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

  • Gen 30:31
    69%

    31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

  • Gen 31:2
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    2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

  • Gen 24:16
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    16And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

  • Gen 26:22
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    22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

  • Gen 30:36
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    36and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.