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Selected Verse: Genesis 29:2 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 29:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And he looked [07200], and behold a well [0875] in the field [07704], and, lo, there were three [07969] flocks [05739] of sheep [06629] lying [07257] by it; for out of that well [0875] they watered [08248] the flocks [05739]: and a great [01419] stone [068] was upon the well's [0875] mouth [06310]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And he looked, &c.--As he approached the place of his destination, he, according to custom, repaired to the well adjoining the town where he would obtain an easy introduction to his relatives. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Providence brought him to the very field where his uncle's flock's were to be watered, and there he met with Rachel that was to be his wife. The Divine Providence is to be acknowledged in all the little circumstances which concur to make a journey or other undertaking comfortable and successful. If, when we are at a loss, we meet with those seasonably that can direct us; if we meet with a disaster, and those are at hand that will help us; we must not say it was by chance, but it was by providence: our ways are ways of pleasantness, if we continually acknowledge God in them. The stone on the well's mouth was either to secure their property in it, for water was scarce, to save the well from receiving damage from the heat of the sun, or to prevent the lambs of the flock from being drowned in it. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Three flocks of sheep - צאן tson, small cattle, such as sheep, goats, etc.; See note on Gen 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, Gen 29:6. |
6 And he said [0559] unto them, Is he well [07965]? And they said [0559], He is well [07965]: and, behold, Rachel [07354] his daughter [01323] cometh [0935] with the sheep [06629].
16 And he entreated [03190] Abram [087] well [03190] for her sake: and he had sheep [06629], and oxen [01241], and he asses [02543], and menservants [05650], and maidservants [08198], and she asses [0860], and camels [01581].