Genesis 29:2–12

²Suddenly he came upon a well out in the fields with three flocks of sheep lying round it. The flocks were watered from this well, which had a large stone over the opening. ³Whenever all the flocks came together there, the shepherds would roll the stone back and water them. Then they would put the stone back in place.

⁴Jacob asked the shepherds, “My friends, where are you from?”

“From Haran,” they answered.

⁵He asked, “Do you know Laban, grandson of Nahor?”

“Yes, we do,” they answered.

⁶“Is he well?” he asked.

“He is well,” they answered. “Look, here comes his daughter Rachel with his flock.”

⁷Jacob said, “Since it is still broad daylight and not yet time to bring the flocks in, why don’t you water them and take them back to pasture?”

⁸They answered, “We can’t do that until all the flocks are here and the stone has been rolled back; then we will water the flocks.”

⁹While Jacob was still talking to them, Rachel arrived with the flock. ¹⁰When Jacob saw Rachel with his uncle Laban’s flock, he went to the well, rolled the stone back, and watered the sheep. ¹¹Then he kissed her and began to cry for joy. ¹²He told her, “I am your father’s relative, the son of Rebecca.”

She ran to tell her father;