Genesis 29:2 (KJV)

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And he looked and behold a well in the field and lo there were three flocks of sheep lying by it for out of that well they watered the flocks and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth

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a well. Ge 24:11 Ge 24:13 Ex 2:15 Ex 2:16 Joh 4:6 Joh 4:14

there. Ps 23:2 So 1:6 So 1:7 Isa 49:10 Re 7:17

a great stone.In Arabia, and other places in the East, they cover up their wells of water, lest the sand, which is put in motion by the winds, should fill and quite stop them up. So great was their care not to leave the well open any length of time, that they waited till the flocks were all gathered together before they began to draw water; and when they had finished, the well was immediately closed again.

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