Genesis 29:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well’s mouth was large.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 29

¹ Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

² He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

³ When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

⁴ “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

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