11 And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time (A)when women go out to draw water.

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13 Behold, here (A)I stand by the well of water, and (B)the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

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19 And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”

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So he said to them, (A)“Is he well?”

And they said, “He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel (B)is coming with the sheep.”

Then he said, “Look, it is still [a]high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.

But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.”

Now while he was still speaking with them, (C)Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near and (D)rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:7 early in the day

11 As they went up the hill to the city, (A)they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”

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