Genesis 29:2
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And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
In other translations
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
Hebrew words
וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and he sawH7200וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009בְאֵרve'era wellH875בַּשָּׂדֶהbasadeh[was] in the fieldH7704וְהִנֵּה־vehineh-and there!H2009שָׁםshamthereH8033שְׁלֹשָׁהsheloshahthreeH7969עֶדְרֵי־'edrei-flocks ofH5739צֹאןtzonsheepH6629רֹבְצִיםroetzim[were] lying downH7257עָלֶיהָ'aleihaat itH5921כִּיkiforH3588מִן־min-fromH4480הַבְּאֵרhabe'erthe wellH875הַהִואhahiv'<the> thatH1931יַשְׁקוּyashkupeople wateredH8248הָעֲדָרִיםha'adarimthe flocksH5739וְהָאֶבֶןveha'evenand the stoneH68גְּדֹלָהgedolah[was] largeH1419עַל־'al-overH5921פִּיpi[the] mouth ofH6310הַבְּאֵר׃habe'erthe wellH875
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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