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Genesis 29:2-3
New English Translation
Genesis 29:2-3
New English Translation
2 He saw[a] in the field a well with[b] three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now[c] a large stone covered the mouth of the well. 3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds[d] would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.
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- Genesis 29:2 tn Heb “and he saw, and look.” As in Gen 28:12-15, the narrator uses the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) here and in the next clause to draw the reader into the story.
- Genesis 29:2 tn Heb “and look, there.”
- Genesis 29:2 tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by the noun with the prefixed conjunction) provides supplemental information that is important to the story.
- Genesis 29:3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the shepherds) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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