Genesis 29:10 meaning and explanation

As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

Genesis 29:10, Berean Standard Bible

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Jacob has just arrived in Haran, sent by his parents to find a wife among his mother's relatives after fleeing Esau's anger. The shepherds had said the well's stone could only be moved once all flocks gathered, yet Jacob rolls it away alone the moment he sees Rachel, his cousin, with her father Laban's sheep.

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