Genesis 29:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.

Cross References

Genesis 29:2

As he looked, he saw a well in the field and three flocks of sheep lying there beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large,

Genesis 29:4

Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

Genesis 29:8

But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”

Exodus 2:17

But some shepherds came and drove them away. Moses got up and came to their defense and watered their flock.

Song of Solomon 4:12

A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed.

Judges 5:11

To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the triumphs of the Lord, the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel. Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.