Genesis 29:2
And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.
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- Exod 2:15-16 : 15 Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.
- Gen 24:11 : 11 And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
- Gen 24:13 : 13 See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:
- Ps 23:2 : 2 He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.
- Song 1:6-7 : 6 Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept. 7 Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
- Isa 49:10 : 10 They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
- John 4:6 : 6 Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:14 : 14 But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
- Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
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- Gen 29:3-42 verses93%
3 And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.
4 Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.
- Gen 29:6-116 verses83%
6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.
7 Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.
8 And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.
9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.
10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.
11 And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.
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1 Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.
- Gen 28:11-122 verses73%
11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.
12 And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.
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19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.
- Gen 30:38-392 verses73%
38 And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.
39 And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
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12 And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.
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32 And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.
- Gen 24:29-302 verses72%
29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.
30 And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.
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30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
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10 And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.
- Gen 24:13-142 verses71%
13 See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:
14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.
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19 Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.
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43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
- Gen 31:45-462 verses71%
45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.
46 And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.
- Gen 37:14-152 verses71%
14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
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19 And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.
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18 And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.
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45 And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.
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15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
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11 And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
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4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.
- Gen 30:41-422 verses69%
41 And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.
42 But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.
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29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.
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31 And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
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2 And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.
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16 She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.
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22 Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
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36 And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.