5 occurrences

'Droves' in the Bible

and he looketh, and lo, a well in the field, and lo, there three droves of a flock crouching by it, for from that well they water the droves, and the great stone is on the mouth of the well.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsBig ThingsStopping Wells

(When thither have all the droves been gathered, and they have rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well, and have watered the flock, then they have turned back the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.)

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsGathering CreaturesThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsStopping WellsRolling

And they say, 'We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.'

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesRollingUnable To Do Other Things

And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-streaked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsSeparating AnimalsBlack AnimalsNot Mixing

And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, 'According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

Verse ConceptsMen's Orders

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