Genesis 29:3

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה ־ שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶדְרֵי ־ צֹאן רֹבְצִים עָלֶיהָ כִּי מִן ־ הַבְּאֵר הַהִוא יַשְׁקוּ הָעֲדָרִים וְהָאֶבֶן גְּדֹלָה עַל ־ פִּי הַבְּאֵֽר ׃

4וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יַעֲקֹב אַחַי מֵאַיִן אַתֶּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ מֵחָרָן אֲנָֽחְנוּ ׃

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12גַּן ׀ נָעוּל אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה גַּל נָעוּל מַעְיָן חָתֽוּם ׃

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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