


Below I have pasted the story from Genesis relating how the sheep could not be gathered together to drink of the water until the stone was removed from the well's mouth.
Gen 29:7 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.
Gen 29:8 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.
Gen 29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
Gen 29:10 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.
Gen 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
I have always been blessed by this passage because I see the First Born of the resurrection's work here. It is breathtaking.
What a beautiful passage! I can hear the sheep; feel the breeze and hear Jacob cry with joy and gratefulness as he sees a new life ahead of him. The rolling of the stone seems symbolic of the stone rolled when Jesus was resurrected. Thanks for sharing.
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