Genesis 29:2

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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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 his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
  • Gen 24:13 : 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
  • Ps 23:2 : 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
  • Song 1:6-7 : 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by 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 shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
  • John 4:6 : 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and 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 be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears 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 his place.

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

  • Gen 29:6-11
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    83%

    6And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He 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 tother: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

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

    9And while he yet spake 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 into the land of the people 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 of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, 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 anls of God ascending and descending on it.

  • Gen 26:19
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    19And Isaac's servants digd 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 pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

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

  • Gen 31:12
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    12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: 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 digd, 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 well.

    30And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and 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 stood by the camels at the well.

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

  • Gen 31:10
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    10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

  • Gen 24:13-14
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    13Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come 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 shewed 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 stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of 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 an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

  • Gen 37:14-15
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    14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; 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 also drew water enough 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 for his pillows, 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 mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

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

  • Gen 24:11
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    11And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even 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
    2 verses
    69%

    41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronr cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

    42But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronr 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 was with me.

  • Gen 30:31
    69%

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

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

  • 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 well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

  • Gen 26:22
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    22And he removed from thence, and digd another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD 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.