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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 29:3 - 29:3
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thither were all the flocks gathered; and a stone, etc. - In Arabia, owing to the shifting sands and in other places, owing to the strong evaporation, the mouth of a well is generally covered, especially when it is private property. Over many is laid a broad, thick, flat stone, with a round hole cut in the middle, forming the mouth of the cistern. This hole is covered with a heavy stone which it would require two or three men to roll away. Such was the description of the well at Haran.