Genesis 29:3

so they gather together thither all the flocks, and roll away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and water the sheep,—and put back the stone upon the mouth of the well, to its place.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2And he looked, and lo! a well, in the field and lo! there, three flocks of sheep, lying down near it, for out of that well, do they water the flocks, but, the stone, is great, on the mouth of the well:

4And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said: From haran, are we.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12A garden barred, is my sister, bride,—a spring barred, a fountain sealed:

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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