Study it in the app“He looked, and look, a well in the field, and look, there three flocks of sheep were lying beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the mouth of the well was large.”
He looked,וַיַּרְאand look,וְהִנֵּהa wellבְאֵרin the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהand look,וְהִנֵּהthereשָׁםthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהflocksעֶדְרֵיof sheepצֹאןwere lyingרֹבְצִיםbeside it,עָלֶיהָforכִּיfrom thatמִן הַהִואwellהַבְּאֵרthey wateredיַשְׁקוּthe flocks.הָעֲדָרִיםThe stoneוְהָאֶבֶןonעַלthe mouthפִּיof the wellהַבְּאֵרwas large.גְּדֹלָה
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearswell
A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.
Where else “veer” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearsherd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “edre” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearslie down, crouch
Lie down, crouch, like an animal at rest or lying in wait.
Where else “rovtsim” appearsgive drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “yashku” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears1Jacob lifted up his feet and went to the land of the sons of the east.
2 · This verse (above)
3When all the flocks were gathered there, they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put back the stone on the mouth of the well in its place.
1. What it says
What happened when Jacob’s seven years of service were over, and what did he say to Laban (vv. 20-28)?
2. What it means
What irony is there in Jacob, who deceived his father, now being deceived by Laban (v. 25)?
3. How I live it
How can you stay honest with others even when the opposite would suit you better?
