Genesis 29:3

New Living Translation

It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.

Cross References

Genesis 29:2

He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.

Genesis 29:4

Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, “Where are you from, my friends?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

Genesis 29:8

“We can’t water the animals until all the flocks have arrived,” they replied. “Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats.”

Exodus 2:17

But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.

Song of Solomon 4:12

You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.

Judges 5:11

Listen to the village musicians gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righteous victories of the Lord and the victories of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord marched down to the city gates.