Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 29:3

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3. thither were all the flocks gathered; and a stone, &c.—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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-gen-29-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/gen-29-3

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological