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So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East.
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And he looked, and saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the well's mouth.
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Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well's mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well's mouth.
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And Jacob said to them, "My brethren, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran."
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Then he said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."
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So he said to them, "Is he well?" And they said, "He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep."
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Then he said, "Look, it is still high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."
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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."
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Now while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.