3 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. 4 “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered. 5 “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
Genesis 29:3–5
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Genesis 29:9–11
9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the we…
Genesis 37:15–17
15 a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?” 16 “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?” 17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘L…
Genesis 47:2–4
2 And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh. 3 “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.” 4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land…
Exodus 2:18–20
18 When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?” 19 “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why di…
Genesis 31:3–5
3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” 4 So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were, 5 and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that hi…
Book of Jubilees 29:1–3
1 And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Laban went to shear his sheep; for they were distant from him a three days' journey. (JUB) 2 And Jacob saw that Laban was going to shear his sheep, and Jacob called Leah and Rachel, and spake kindly unto them that… (JUB)
Genesis 24:22–24
22 And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels. 23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night…
Genesis 46:31–33
31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me. 32 The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and her…
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