It
was more like a cistern or tank with an opening at the top which was
covered by a great stone which had to be rolled away to get at the
water.
Three flocks of sheep were lying near by and Jacob asked the shepherds
if they knew Laban and why they did not water their flocks. The men
told him that they knew Laban and that they were waiting for his sheep
to arrive and then all the flocks would be watered.
Just then Rachel, one of the daughters of Laban, appeared with her
father's sheep, and the shepherds told Jacob who she was. Then Jacob
went to the well, rolled the stone away, and watered Laban's sheep.
Then he told Rachel who he was and she hastened away to tell her father.
When Laban heard who had come to visit him he ran to meet Jacob and
made him welcome just as he had done years before when his sister
Rebekah had told him of her meeting with her uncle's steward outside
the city of Nahor.
[Illustration: Meeting of Eliezer and the maiden who became Jacob's
mother.]
Jacob staid with Laban for a month, helping him with his flocks and
becoming more and more in love with Rachel. Then Laban asked him if he
would like to be his shepherd and if so what wages he would wish.
Jacob told Laban he would serve him seven years for his daughter Rachel
and so the bargain was made.
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