Genesis 29:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Shepherds would roll the rock away when all their sheep had gathered there. Then after the sheep had been watered, the shepherds would roll the rock back over the mouth of the well.

Cross References

Genesis 29:2

he looked out in a field and saw a well where shepherds took their sheep for water. Three flocks of sheep were lying around the well, which was covered with a large rock.

Genesis 29:4

Jacob asked the shepherds, “Where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they answered.

Genesis 29:8

But they replied, “We can't do that until they all get here, and the rock has been rolled away from the well.”

Exodus 2:17

Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals.

Song of Solomon 4:12

My bride, my very own, you are a garden, a fountain closed off to all others.

Judges 5:11

Even those who carry water to the animals will tell you, “The LORD has won victories, and so has Israel.” Then the LORD's people marched down to the town gates