And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
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Gill's Exposition
And thither were all the flocks gathered,.... The three above mentioned, Gen 29:2,
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Adam Clarke
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