1. Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east.
2. He looked, and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.
3. When all the flocks were gathered there, they would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.
4. Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran."
5. He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."
6. And he said to them, "Is it well with him?" And they said, "It is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep."
7. He said, "Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them."