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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 29:2 — 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
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Gen 24:11,13; Exd 2:15,16; Jhn 4:6,14 |
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there
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Psa 23:2; Sgs 1:6,7; Isa 49:10; Rev 7:17 |
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a great stone
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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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Gen 24:11 |
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, [even] the time that women go out to draw [water]. |
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Gen 24:13 |
Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: |
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Exd 2:15 |
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. |
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Exd 2:16 |
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. |
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Jhn 4:6 |
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat thus on the well: [and] it was about the sixth hour. |
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Jhn 4:14 |
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. |
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Psa 23:2 |
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. |
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Sgs 1:6 |
Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept. |
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Sgs 1:7 |
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? |
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Isa 49:10 |
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. |
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Rev 7:17 |
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 29:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/29/2.html>.
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