23 occurrences

'Flock' in the Bible

And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.

Verse ConceptsSeparating Animals

Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:

Verse ConceptsGoatsAnimals, Types OfSavourinessTwo AnimalsLoving Other Things

Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

Verse ConceptsRollingPossessing Sheep

And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

Verse ConceptsFeeding AnimalsWhat Is This?Not ReceivingThose Who Kept Stock

Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.

Verse ConceptsGoatsLambsNegotiationBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteColor

And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

Verse ConceptsFeedingWeights And Measures, DistancesDeparturesThree DaysThose Who Kept Stock

And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingWater ContainersPolesSkinning

And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingAnimal ReproductionPolesBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteColor

These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsSeparating AnimalsBlack AnimalsNot Mixing

And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingStrength Of AnimalsAnimal ReproductionWater ContainersPoles

And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

Verse ConceptsOthers Summoning

If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.

Verse ConceptsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingAnimal ReproductionBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

Verse ConceptsdowryCovetousness, Example OfDishonesty, Examples OfThe Number FourteenTen TimesSix YearsTen To Fourteen Years20 To 30 YearsChangeServing Individuals

But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.

Verse ConceptsTendernessOne DayWeak AnimalsDrivingAnimals SucklingDeath Of CreaturesStrictness

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

Verse ConceptsNomadsTowers

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept StockHalf brothersParents Being Wrong

Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept Stock

And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Verse ConceptsSheepBehold Me!People Sending People

And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Verse ConceptsCareCare, HumanPeople Sending People

And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?

And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

Verse ConceptsWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

Bible Theasaurus

Assemble (88 instances)
Batch (10 instances)
Cluster (10 instances)
Multitude (361 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain