Genesis 29:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² He looked and saw a well in a field. Three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it because the sheep were watered from this well. But a large stone covered the opening of the well.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² As he looked, he saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well's mouth was a big one,

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² He saw a well in the field in front of him, near which three flocks of sheep were lying down. That well was their source for water because the flocks drank from that well. A huge stone covered the well’s opening.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he saw a well in a field, and also three flocks of sheep reclining near it. For the animals were watered from it, and its mouth was closed with a great stone.

Genesis 29:2 Cross References

Genesis 24:10

The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and with all kinds of his master’s goods in hand, he went to Aram-naharaim, to Nahor’s town.

Genesis 24:11

At evening, the time when women went out to draw water, he made the camels kneel beside a well outside the town.

Genesis 24:13

I am standing here  at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 29:3

The shepherds would roll the stone from the opening of the well and water the sheep when all the flocks  were gathered there. Then they would return the stone to its place over the well’s opening.

Isaiah 49:10

They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate one will guide them, and lead them to springs.

John 4:14

But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again.   In fact, the water I will give him will become a well   , of water springing up in him for eternal life.’

John 4:6

Jacob’s well  was there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat down at the well. It was about noon.

Revelation 7:17

For the Lamb who is at the centre of the throne will shepherd them; he will guide them to springs of the waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Judges 5:11

Let them tell the righteous acts  of the  Lord, the righteous deeds of his villagers in Israel, with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.