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Jacob and Laban

29 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.[a]

He looked around and noticed a well in the field, and he saw three flocks of sheep lying there beside it. (That well was used to water the flocks. There was a large stone over the mouth of the well. All the flocks would gather there. Then the shepherds would roll the stone away from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.)

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  1. Genesis 29:1 This expression usually refers to nomadic or semi-nomadic tribes.