Genesis 29:2 “He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of…”

Genesis 29:2

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well’s mouth was large.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And as he looked about, behold there was a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheepe lay thereby (for at that well were the flockes watered) and there was a great stone vpon the welles mouth.

Darby Translation

And he looked, and behold, there was a well in the fields, and behold there, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks, and a great stone was at the mouth of the well.

Young's Literal Translation

and he looketh, and lo, a well in the field, and lo, there three droves of a flock crouching by it, for from that well they water the droves, and the great stone [is] on the mouth of the well.

Bible in Basic English

And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

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Cross references

“there”

Isaiah 49:10 Psalm 23:2 Revelation 7:17 Song of Solomon 1:6 Song of Solomon 1:7

Isaiah 49:10 · BSB

They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Psalm 23:2 · BSB

He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Revelation 7:17 · BSB

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ”

Song of Solomon 1:6 · BSB

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

Song of Solomon 1:7 · BSB

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

Also

John 4:14 John 4:6 Exodus 2:15–16 Genesis 24:11 Genesis 24:13

John 4:14 · BSB

But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

John 4:6 · BSB

Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Exodus 2:15–16 · BSB

When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

Genesis 24:11 · BSB

As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

Genesis 24:13 · BSB

Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

3When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

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