“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.”
When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban's sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle's sheep. Jacob's physical response to seeing Rachel is immediate and dramatic: he rolls away the stone alone — a task requiring all the shepherds' collective effort (verse 3) — and waters the sheep. The display of physical strength in the service of Rachel echoes Abram's generosity in Genesis 14 and anticipates Boaz's service to Ruth. The application: the impulse to serve and provide when someone significant arrives is the instinct of love, not calculation.
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