Thematic Bible: Shearing of

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he did not open his mouth. Verse ConceptsPassover lambBeing BetrayedLambsMutenessRevenge, Examples OfSelf ControlSelf DefenceSheepSilenceSheep ShearingJesus Christ, Meekness OfChrist, Character OfHumility Of ChristPatience, The Nature OfPersecution, Nature OfForbearance Of GodChrist Being SilentThose OppressedChrist Was KilledMessianic Propheciesoppression

And Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the idols of her father. Verse ConceptsCriminalsHousehold GodsSheepStealingSuffering, Causes OfSheep ShearingRobbing Gods

And many days passed and Judah's wife, the daughter of Shuah, died; and Judah was comforted and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep. And she took off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself and sat by the gate to the waters by the way to Timnath, for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. read more.
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot because she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way and said, Come now, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law). And she said, What wilt thou give me that thou may come in unto me? And he said, I will send thee from the sheep a kid from the goats. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge until thou send it?