Genesis 29:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

Genesis 29:2

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.

Genesis 29:4

Jacob asked the men at the well, ‘My brothers! Where are you from? ’ ‘We’re from Haran,’ they answered.

Exodus 2:17

Then some shepherds arrived and drove them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their flock.

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.

Song of Solomon 4:12

My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden – a locked garden  and a sealed spring.

Genesis 29:8

But they replied, ‘We can’t until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we will water the sheep.’