Genesis 29:2 meaning and explanation
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.
Genesis 29:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob is traveling toward Haran to find a wife from his mother's family, and the well he sees is the ordinary center of pastoral life, a shared water source that flocks depend on and that shepherds guard with a heavy stone. In the ancient Near East wells often served as meeting places, and this detail sets the scene for Jacob's first encounter with Rachel.
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