Genesis 29:3
When 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.
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- Gen 29:1-22 verses93%
1The Marriages of Jacob So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.
2He 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.
- Gen 29:6-105 verses85%
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.
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4Jacob asked them,“My brothers, where are you from?” They replied,“We’re from Haran.”
- Gen 26:18-203 verses74%
18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
19When Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,
20the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying,“The water belongs to us!” So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.
- Gen 30:38-392 verses74%
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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32That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug.“We’ve found water,” they reported.
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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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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.
- Gen 31:45-462 verses72%
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.
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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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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
- Gen 24:19-202 verses72%
19When she had done so, she said,“I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.”
20She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.
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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.
- Gen 24:29-302 verses71%
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.
- 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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12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
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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 24:45-462 verses70%
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.’
46She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said,‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels water.
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32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
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29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
- Gen 30:41-422 verses70%
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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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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19His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.
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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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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.
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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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18He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.
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35So that day Laban removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted(all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care of his sons.