Genesis 29:2

וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה ־ שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶדְרֵי ־ צֹאן רֹבְצִים עָלֶיהָ כִּי מִן ־ הַבְּאֵר הַהִוא יַשְׁקוּ הָעֲדָרִים וְהָאֶבֶן גְּדֹלָה עַל ־ פִּי הַבְּאֵֽר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The 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.

In Context

1וַיִּשָּׂא יַעֲקֹב רַגְלָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ אַרְצָה בְנֵי ־ קֶֽדֶם ׃

3וְנֶאֶסְפוּ ־ שָׁמָּה כָל ־ הָעֲדָרִים וְגָלֲלוּ אֶת ־ הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וְהִשְׁקוּ אֶת ־ הַצֹּאן וְהֵשִׁיבוּ אֶת ־ הָאֶבֶן עַל ־ פִּי הַבְּאֵר לִמְקֹמָֽהּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11וַיַּבְרֵךְ הַגְּמַלִּים מִחוּץ לָעִיר אֶל ־ בְּאֵר הַמָּיִם לְעֵת עֶרֶב לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת ׃

Exodus 2:15וַיִּשְׁמַע פַּרְעֹה אֶת ־ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיְבַקֵּשׁ לַהֲרֹג אֶת ־ מֹשֶׁה וַיִּבְרַח מֹשֶׁה מִפְּנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ מִדְיָן וַיֵּשֶׁב עַֽל ־ הַבְּאֵֽר ׃

Song of Solomon 1:6אַל ־ תִּרְאוּנִי שֶׁאֲנִי שְׁחַרְחֹרֶת שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַתְנִי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ בְּנֵי אִמִּי נִֽחֲרוּ ־ בִי שָׂמֻנִי נֹטֵרָה אֶת ־ הַכְּרָמִים כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּ/י לֹא נָטָֽרְתִּי ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 29:2-9

Jacob's Arrival at Padan-aram. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 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. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said… Read the whole commentary →

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