Genesis 29:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And as he looked about, behold there was a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheepe lay thereby (for at that well were the flockes watered) & there was a great stone vpon the welles mouth.

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  • Exod 2:15-16 : 15 Now Pharaoh heard this matter, & sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the lande of Midian, and hee sate downe by a well. 16 And the Priest of Midian had seue daughters, which came and drewe water, and filled the troghes, for to water their fathers sheepe.
  • Gen 24:11 : 11 And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.
  • Gen 24:13 : 13 Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.
  • Ps 23:2 : 2 He maketh me to rest in greene pasture, and leadeth me by the still waters.
  • Song 1:6-7 : 6 Regard ye me not because I am blacke: for the sunne hath looked vpon mee. The sonnes of my mother were angry against mee: they made me the keeper of ye vines: but I kept not mine owne vine. 7 Shewe me, O thou, whome my soule loueth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noone: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy companions?
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They shal not be hungrie, neither shal they be thirstie, neither shall the heat smite them, nor the sunne: for he that hath compassion on them, shall leade them: euen to the springs of waters shal he driue them.
  • John 4:6 : 6 And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.
  • John 4:14 : 14 But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lambe, which is in the middes of the throne, shall gouerne them, and shall leade them vnto the liuely fountaines of waters, and God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes.

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  • Gen 29:3-4
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    3And thither were all the flockes gathered, & they rolled the stone from the welles mouth, and watered the sheepe, and put the stone againe vpon the welles mouth in his place.

    4And Iaakob sayde vnto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they answered, We are of Haran.

  • Gen 29:6-11
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    6Againe he sayd vnto them, Is he in good health? And they answered, He is in good health, and beholde, his daughter Rahel commeth with the sheepe.

    7Then he sayd, Lo, it is yet hie day, neither is it time that the cattell shoulde be gathered together: water ye the sheepe and go feede them.

    8But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe.

    9While he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheepe, for she kept them.

    10And assoone as Iaakob saw Rahel ye daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, then came Iaakob neere, & rolled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watered ye flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

    11And Iaakob kissed Rahel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.

  • 1Then Iaakob lift vp his feete and came into the East countrey.

  • Gen 28:11-12
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    11And he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place.

    12Then he dreamed, & behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.

  • 19Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water.

  • Gen 30:38-39
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    38Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke)

    39And the sheepe were in heate before the rods, and afterward brought forth yong of partie colour, and with small and great spots.

  • 12And he sayde, Lift vp nowe thine eyes, and see all the hee goates leaping vpon ye shee goates that are partie coloured, spotted with litle and great spots: for I haue seene all that Laban doeth vnto thee.

  • 32And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.

  • Gen 24:29-30
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    29Now Rebekah had a brother called Laban, and Laban ranne vnto the man to the well.

    30For when he had seene the earings and the bracelets in his sisters hands, and when he heard the wordes of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus said the man vnto me, then he went to the man, and loe, he stoode by the camels at the well.

  • 30And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • 10For in ramming time I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, & beholde, ye hee goates leaped vpon the shee goates, that were partie coloured with litle and great spots spotted.

  • Gen 24:13-14
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    13Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.

    14Graunt therefore that ye maide, to whom I say, Bowe downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke: if she say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also: may be she that thou hast ordeined for thy seruant Izhak: and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed mercy on my master.

  • 19And God opened her eyes, and she sawe a well of water. so she went and filled the bottell with water, and gaue the boy drinke.

  • 43Behold, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,

  • Gen 31:45-46
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    45Then tooke Iaakob a stone, and set it vp as a pillar:

    46And Iaakob sayde vnto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made an heape, and they did eate there vpon the heape.

  • Gen 37:14-15
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    14And he answered him, I am here. Then he saide vnto him, Goe now, see whether it bee well with thy brethren, and how the flocks prosper, and bring me word againe. So hee sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

    15Then a man found him: for lo, hee was wandring in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

  • 19And they saide, A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the hand of the shepherdes, and also drew vs water ynough, and watered the sheepe.

  • 18Then Iaakob rose vp early in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had layde vnder his head, and set it vp as a pillar, and powred oyle vpon the top of it.

  • 45And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart, beholde, Rebekah came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water. Then I said vnto her, Giue me drinke, I pray thee.

  • 15In so much that the Philistims stopped and filled vp with earth all the welles, which his fathers seruantes digged in his father Abrahams time.

  • 11And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.

  • 4Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke.

  • Gen 30:41-42
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    41And in euery ramming time of the stronger sheepe, Iaakob layde the rods before the eyes of the sheepe in the gutters, that they might conceiue before the rods.

    42But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs.

  • 29But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.

  • 31Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.

  • 2Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:

  • 16(And the maide was very faire to looke vpon, a virgine and vnknowen of man) and she went downe to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.

  • 22Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lorde hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.

  • 36And hee set three dayes iourney betweene himselfe and Iaakob; Iaakob kept the rest of Labans sheepe.