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1 Then Iacob lyfte vp his fete and wet toward the east countre. 2 And as he loked aboute behold there was a well in the feld and .iij. flockes of shepe laye therby (for at that well were the flockes watered) and there laye a great stone at the well mouth 3 And the maner was to brynge the flockes thyther and to roull the stone fro the welles mouth and to water the shepe and to put the stone agayne vppon the wells mouth vnto his place. 4 And Iacob sayde vnto the: brethern whece be ye? and they sayde: of Haran ar we. 5 And he sayde vnto the: knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor. And they sayde: we knowe him. 6 And he sayde vnto the: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health: and boholde his doughter Rahel cometh with ye shepe. 7 And he sayde: lo it is yet a great whyle to nyghte nether is it tyme yt the catell shulde be gathered together: water the shepe and goo and fede the. Genesis 29:1-7, Tyndale Bible of 1526. Public domain.
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