Genesis 29:1 ¶ Then Jacob
went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 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.
3 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. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence
be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. 5
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We
know him. 6 And he said unto them, Is he
well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with
the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet
high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water
ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and
till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
Genesis 29:9 ¶
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep:
for she kept them. 10 And it came to
pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the
sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone
from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted
up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob
told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son:
and she ran and told her father. 13 And
it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that
he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his
house. And he told Laban all these things. 14
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he
abode with him the space of a month.
Jacob went back in
the direction from whence Abraham had come. So, he finds a well with three
flocks of sheep waiting to be watered by a well that had a great stone covering
it. What tremendous preaching material you can get from passages like this.
Think of the Resurrection of Christ leaving a tomb covered by a great stone,
giving living water to those sheep thirsting for it. There are so many
possibilities with this. Three flocks might represent Noah’s three sons whose
descendants overspread the whole earth waiting for this life-giving water. Such
good preaching material and I’m sure you can think of more.
Can you see Jacob
in this scene as a type of the angel of the Lord rolling the stone away from
Christ’s tomb? (Matthew 28:2)
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