Genesis 29:2

New International Reader's Version

There he saw a well in the open country. Three flocks of sheep were lying near it. The flocks were given water from the well. The stone over the opening of the well was large.

Cross References

Genesis 24:10

The servant chose ten of his master’s camels and left. He loaded the camels with all kinds of good things from his master. He started out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.

Genesis 24:11

He stopped near the well outside the town. There he made the camels get down on their knees. It was almost evening, the time when women go out to get water.

Genesis 24:13

I’m standing beside this spring. The daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out here to get water.

Genesis 29:3

All the flocks would gather there. The shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s opening. They would give water to the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the opening of the well.

Psalm 23:2

He lets me lie down in fields of green grass. He leads me beside quiet waters.

Isaiah 49:10

They will not get hungry or thirsty. The heat from the desert sun will not beat down on them. The God who has tender love for them will guide them. Like a shepherd, he will lead them beside springs of water.

John 4:14

But anyone who drinks the water I give them will never be thirsty. In fact, the water I give them will become a spring of water in them. It will flow up into eternal life.”

John 4:6

Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from the journey. So he sat down by the well. It was about noon.

Revelation 7:17

The Lamb, who is at the center of the area around the throne, will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water.’ (Isaiah 49:10) ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ” (Isaiah 25:8)

Judges 5:11

the voices of the singers at the watering places. They sing about the victories of the Lord. They sing about the victories of his people who live in Israel’s villages. “The people of the Lord went down to the city gates.