Genesis 29:2

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.

And he looked {H7200}, and behold a well {H875} in the field {H7704}, and, lo, there were three {H7969} flocks {H5739} of sheep {H6629} lying {H7257} by it; for out of that well {H875} they watered {H8248} the flocks {H5739}: and a great {H1419} stone {H68} was upon the well's {H875} mouth {H6310}.

As he looked, he saw a well in a field; and there were three flocks of sheep lying there next to it; because they watered the sheep from that well. The stone on the well's mouth was large,

He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

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

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Cross-References

  • John 4:6 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 49:10 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Song Of Solomon 1:6 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Song Of Solomon 1:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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?

  • Genesis 24:11 (3 votes)

    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].

  • Exodus 2:15 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 2:16 (3 votes)

    ¶ Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.