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There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well`s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well`s mouth in its place.
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A Practical Custom
Commentators explain that this verse describes an established local custom. The stone over the well was large, indicating that water was a precious and shared resource. It required the collective effort of all the shepherds to move it, ensuring fair distribution and protecting the well from misuse.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 29:6: רחל rāchēl — Rachel, “a ewe.”
Genesis 29:16: לאה lê'âh — Leah, “we…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And thither were all the flocks gathered The three above mentioned, (Genesis 29:2) : and th…
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