Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



And he looked, and lo! a well, in the field and lo! there, three flocks of sheep, lying down near it, for out of that well, do they water the flocks, but, the stone, is great, on the mouth of the well: so they gather together thither all the flocks, and roll away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and water the sheep, - and put hack the stone upon the mouth of the well, to its place. And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said: From haran, are we. read more.
And he said to them, Know ye Laban, son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. And he said to them, Is it well with him. And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep. And he said Lo! the day is yet high, it is not time for gathering together the cattle, - water the sheep, and go feed. And they said, We cannot, until that all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll away the stone, from off the mouth of the well, - and then can we water the sheep. While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for a shepherdess, was she. And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel daughter of Laban, his mothers brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mothers brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban his mother's brother,