1. Then Jacob went on his journey and came into the land of the people of the east.
2. As he looked, he saw a well in the field and three flocks of sheep lying by it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. A large stone was on the well’s opening.
3. When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds rolled the stone from the well’s opening, watered the sheep, then put the stone back on the well’s opening in its place.
4. Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?”And they said, “We are from Harran.”
5. Then he said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?”And they said, “We know him.”
6. He said to them, “Is he well?”And they said, “He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.”
7. He said, “Since it is yet midday, it is not the time that the livestock should be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”
8. They said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we may water the sheep.”