Genesis 29:2
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.
Cross-references
In Genesis 24:11, Abraham's servant also arrives at a well near a city where women come to draw water — a parallel scene that led to meeting Rebekah, Jacob's grandmother.
Genesis 24:13 describes the servant standing by a spring as women approach — echoing Jacob's well scene. Both setups lead to a providential meeting with a future wife.
In Exodus 2:15, Moses — a fugitive in Midian — sits down by a well, mirroring Jacob at this well. Both are travelers in foreign lands who meet future wives at wells.
John 4:6 explicitly identifies this site as 'Jacob's well,' directly connecting to this passage — Jesus rests at the very well where Jacob met Rachel.
In Exodus 2:16, seven daughters come to water their father's flocks at a well — the same pastoral scene Jacob witnesses here with flocks gathered at the stone-covered well.