Genesis 29:2

Jacob Meets Rachel

1 So Jacob went on his journey ^aand came to the land of the people of the East.

2 And he looked, and saw a ^awell in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the well’s mouth.

3 Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well’s mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well’s mouth.

4 And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from ^aHaran.”

5 Then he said to them, “Do you know ^aLaban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Three flocks of sheep - tson , small cattle, such as sheep, goats, etc.; See note on Genesis 12:16. Sheep, in a healthy state, seldom drink in cold and comparatively cold countries: but it was probably different in hot climates. The three flocks, if flocks and not shepherds be meant, which were lying now at the well, did not belong to Laban, but to three other chiefs; for Laban' s flock was yet to come, under the care of Rachel, Genesis 29:6.

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