Genesis 29:2–12

A meeting at the well

Three flocks waited beside a covered well. Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep; Jacob rolled away the stone and watered the flock. Family recognition led to a greeting, tears and news carried home.

AI-generated cinematic reconstruction. The passage anchors the story; exact dates, appearances, well construction, flock breeds and landscape details are uncertain.

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