Genesis 29:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And as he loked about, beholde, there was a wel in the field, and loe, three flockes of sheepe lay there by, for at that well were the flockes watered: and there was a great stone vpon the well mouth.

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  • Exod 2:15-16 : 15 And Pharao heard of it, and went about to slaye Moyses. And Moyses fleyng from the face of Pharao, dwelt in the lande of Madian: and he sate downe by the welles syde. 16 The priest of Madian had vij. daughters, which came and drewe water and filled the troughes for to water their fathers sheepe.
  • Gen 24:11 : 11 And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen, about the time that women come out to drawe water.
  • Gen 24:13 : 13 Lo, I stande here by the well of water, and the daughters of the me of this citie come out to drawe water:
  • Ps 23:2 : 2 he wyll cause me to repose my selfe in pasture full of grasse, and he wyll leade me vnto calme waters.
  • Song 1:6-7 : 6 Marueyle not at me that I am so blacke, for why? the sunne hath shined vpon me: my mothers chyldren haue euyll wyll at me, they made me the keper of the vineyardes, but mine owne vineyarde haue I not kept. 7 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions?
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, heate nor sunne shall not hurt them: for he that fauoureth them shall leade them, and geue them drynke of the well sprynges.
  • John 4:6 : 6 And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then beyng wery of his iourney, sate thus on the well. And it was about the sixt houre:
  • John 4:14 : 14 But whosoeuer drynketh of the water that I shall geue hym, shall neuer be more a thyrst: but the water that I shall geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, spryngyng vp into euerlastyng lyfe.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 29:3-4
    2 verses
    93%

    3And thyther were all the flockes brought, and they roulled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watred the sheepe, & put the stone agayne vpon the welles mouth vnto his place.

    4And Iacob saide vnto them: My brethren, whence be ye? And they sayde: of Haran are we.

  • Gen 29:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

    6And he sayde vnto them: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health, and beholde his daughter Rachel commeth with the sheepe.

    7And he sayde: loe it is yet a great whyle to nyght, neither is it tyme that the cattell should be gathered together: water ye the sheepe, and go and feede them.

    8And they sayde: we may not vntyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyl they roule the stone from the welles mouth, and so we water our sheepe.

    9Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.

    10Assoone as Iacob sawe Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, & the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, Iacob went & rouled the stone from the welles mouth, & watered the flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

    11And Iacob kyssed Rachel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.

  • Gen 29:1
    78%

    1Then Iacob went on his iourney, & came into the lande of the people of the east.

  • Gen 28:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And he came vnto a certayne place, & taryed there all night, because the sunne was downe: and toke of the stones of the place, and put vnder his head, and layde hym downe in the same place to sleepe.

    12And he dreamed, and beholde there stoode a lather vpo the earth, and the toppe of it reached vp to heauen: and see, the angels of God went vp & downe vpon it.

  • Gen 26:19
    73%

    19Isahacs seruauntes digged in the valley, and founde a well of springyng water.

  • Gen 30:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38And put the roddes which he had pilled, euen before the sheepe, in the gutters and watryng throughes when the sheepe came to drynke, that they should conceaue when they came to drynke.

    39And the sheepe conceaued before the roddes, & brought foorth lambes ryngstraked, spotted, and partie.

  • Gen 31:12
    73%

    12And he sayd: lift vp nowe thyne eyes, and see all the Rammes leapyng vpon the sheepe that are ringstraked, spotted, and partie: for I haue seene all that Laban doth vnto thee.

  • Gen 26:32
    73%

    32And the same daye Isahacs seruauntes came and tolde hym of a well which they had dygged, and sayde vnto hym, we haue founde water.

  • Gen 24:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29And Rebecca had a brother called Laban: and he ranne out vnto the man, euen to the well.

    30For assoone as he had seene the earerynges, and the bracelettes in his sisters hande, and hearde the wordes of Rebecca his sister, saying, thus sayde the man vnto me: he went out vnto the man, and lo, he stoode with the Camelles by the well syde,

  • Gen 21:30
    72%

    30He aunswered: for these seuen ewe lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they may be a wytnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • Gen 31:10
    72%

    10But in rammyng tyme, I lifted vp myne eyes, and sawe in a dreame, and beholde, the Rammes leaped vpon the sheepe that were ringstraked, spotted, and partie.

  • Gen 24:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Lo, I stande here by the well of water, and the daughters of the me of this citie come out to drawe water:

    14Nowe let the damsel to whom I say, stoupe downe thy pitcher I pray thee, that I may drinke: If she say also, drinke, and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also: let the same be she that thou hast ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isahac, and thereby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my maister.

  • Gen 21:19
    71%

    19And God opened her eyes, and she sawe a well of water, and she went and filled the bottell with water, and gaue the lad drinke.

  • Gen 24:43
    71%

    43Beholde, I stande by the well of water: and when a virgin commeth foorth to drawe water, and I say to her, Geue me I pray thee a little water of thy pitcher to drinke:

  • Gen 31:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

    45Then toke Iacob a stone, and set it vp on ende.

    46And Iacob sayde vnto his brethren: gather stones. And they toke stones, and made an heape: and they dyd eate there vpon the heape.

  • Gen 37:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14He aunswered: here am I. And he sayde vnto hym: Go I praye thee see whether it be well with thy brethren and the cattell, and bryng me worde agayne. And so he sent hym out of the vale of Hebron, & he came to Sichem.

    15And a certayne man founde hym, and beholde he was wandryng out of his waye in the fielde, and the man asked hym: what sekest thou?

  • Exod 2:19
    70%

    19And they aunswered: A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the handes of the shepheardes, and so drewe vs water, and watered the sheepe.

  • Gen 28:18
    70%

    18And Iacob rose vp early in the mornyng, and toke the stone that he hadde layed vnder his head, and pitched it vpon an ende, and powred oyle in the toppe of it.

  • Gen 24:45
    70%

    45And before I had made an ende of speakyng in myne heart, beholde, Rebecca came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water, and I sayde vnto her, Geue me drinke I pray thee.

  • Gen 26:15
    70%

    15For the Philistines stopped and fylled vp with earth all the welles which his seruauntes had digged in his father Abrahams tyme.

  • Gen 24:11
    70%

    11And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen, about the time that women come out to drawe water.

  • Gen 31:4
    69%

    4Therfore Iacob sent, & called Rachel and Lea to the fielde vnto his flocke,

  • Gen 30:41-42
    2 verses
    69%

    41And in euery conceauyng tyme of the stronger cattel, Iacob layed the roddes before the eyes of the cattell in the gutters, namely that they myght conceaue before the roddes.

    42But when the cattell were feeble, he put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iacobs.

  • Gen 30:29
    69%

    29But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee, and in what takyng thy cattell haue ben vnder me:

  • Gen 30:31
    69%

    31And he sayde: What shall I then geue thee? And Iacob aunswered, Thou shalt geue me nothyng at all: yf thou wylt do this thyng for me, then wyll I turne agayne, feede thy sheepe, and kepe them.

  • Gen 31:2
    69%

    2And Iacob behelde the countenaunce of Laban, and beholde, it was not towardes hym as it was wont to be.

  • Gen 24:16
    69%

    16The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon, and yet a mayde, and vnknowen of man: and she went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.

  • Gen 26:22
    69%

    22And then he departed thence, & digged another well, for the which they stroue not. Therfore called he it roomth, saying: the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth.

  • Gen 30:36
    69%

    36And set three dayes iourney betwixte himselfe and Iacob: and so Iacob kept the rest of Labans sheepe.