Genesis 29:2
He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
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- Exod 2:15-16 : 15 When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well. 16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.
- Gen 24:11 : 11 He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city. It was evening, the time when the women would go out to draw water.
- Gen 24:13 : 13 Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water.
- Ps 23:2 : 2 He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.
- Song 1:6-7 : 6 Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards. Alas, my own vineyard I could not keep! 7 The Shepherd and the ShepherdessThe Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!
- Isa 49:10 : 10 They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
- John 4:6 : 6 Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.
- John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Rev 7:17 : 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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- Gen 29:3-42 verses93%
3When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.
4Jacob asked them,“My brothers, where are you from?” They replied,“We’re from Haran.”
- Gen 29:6-116 verses83%
6“Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied,“He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
7Then Jacob said,“Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.”
8“We can’t,” they said,“until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep.”
9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.
10When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.
11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.
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1The Marriages of Jacob So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.
- Gen 28:11-122 verses73%
11He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place
12and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it
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19When Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,
- Gen 30:38-392 verses73%
38Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.
39When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
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12Then he said,‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.
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32That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug.“We’ve found water,” they reported.
- Gen 24:29-302 verses72%
29(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.
30When he saw the bracelets on his sister’s wrists and the nose ring and heard his sister Rebekah say,“This is what the man said to me,” he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing by the camels near the spring.
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30He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
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10“Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- Gen 24:13-142 verses71%
13Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water.
14I will say to a young woman,‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply,‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.”
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19Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.
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43Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say,“Please give me a little water to drink from your jug.”
- Gen 31:45-462 verses71%
45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.
46Then he said to his relatives,“Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.
- Gen 37:14-152 verses71%
14So Jacob said to him,“Go now and check on the welfare of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron.
15When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him,“What are you looking for?”
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19They said,“An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”
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18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.
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45“Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her,‘Please give me a drink.’
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15So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.
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11He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city. It was evening, the time when the women would go out to draw water.
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4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
- Gen 30:41-422 verses69%
41When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.
42But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.
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29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,“and how well your livestock have fared under my care.
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31So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:
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2When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.
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16Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever been physically intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.
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22Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying,“For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”
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36Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.