Genesis 29:2
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Gen 29:2
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He looked, and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.
Gen 29:3
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When all the flocks were gathered there, they would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.
Gen 29:4
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Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran."
Gen 29:5
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He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know {him.}"
Gen 29:6
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And he said to them, "Is it well with him?" And they said, "It is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep."
Gen 29:7
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He said, "Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them."
Gen 29:8
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But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep."
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