Thematic Bible: Shearing of

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not 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 went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. Verse ConceptsCriminalsHousehold GodsSheepStealingSuffering, Causes OfSheep ShearingRobbing Gods

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife 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 goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is 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 an harlot; because she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, 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 mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?