Genesis 29:3 meaning and explanation
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.
Genesis 29:3, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
The narrator pauses to explain a custom of the region where Jacob has arrived, near Haran. A heavy stone sealed the well, and no single shepherd could move it alone.
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