11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by (A)the well of water [a]when it was evening, (B)the time when women go out to draw water.

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  1. Genesis 24:11 Lit at time of evening

11 He had the camels kneel down near the well(A) outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.(B)

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11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

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He looked, and [a]saw (A)a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, because they watered the flocks from that well. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large. When all the flocks were gathered there, they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.

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  1. Genesis 29:2 Lit behold

There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well.(A) The stone(B) over the mouth of the well was large. When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone(C) away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep.(D) Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

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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.

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

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