Genesis 29:8
“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.”
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- Gen 29:3 : 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.
- Gen 34:14 : 14 They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
- Gen 43:32 : 32 They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him.(The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.)
- Mark 16:3 : 3 They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
- Luke 24:2 : 2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
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- Gen 29:6-72 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.”
- Gen 29:2-43 verses85%
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.
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 29:9-113 verses83%
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.
- Exod 2:16-194 verses73%
16Now 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.
17When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock.
18So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked,“Why have you come home so early today?”
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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16Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.
- Gen 30:38-392 verses70%
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.
- Gen 24:18-203 verses70%
18“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.
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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13But Jacob said to him,“My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.
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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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32That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug.“We’ve found water,” they reported.
- Gen 24:45-462 verses69%
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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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.”
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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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57Then they said,“We’ll call the girl and find out what she wants to do.”
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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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30He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
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12Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.”
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26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
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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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16The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites Then they came very close to him and said,“We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,
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14They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
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4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
- Gen 24:13-142 verses68%
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.”
- Gen 26:19-202 verses68%
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.
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12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,
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9If they say to us,‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay right there and not go up to them.
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14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
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38“I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.
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19Then the Israelites said to him,“We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”
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26“It is not our custom here,” Laban replied,“to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
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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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29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,“and how well your livestock have fared under my care.