Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah ¹  to come to the field ²  where his flocks were. ³ 

When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep ¹  were consecrated.

And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked.

You led your people like a flock of sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Pay careful attention to ¹  the condition of your flocks, ²  give careful attention ³  to your herds,

¹ “Foreigners will take care of ²  your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. ¹  The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,

I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

The seacoast ¹  will be used as pasture lands ²  by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.

The Lord my God says this: “Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face ¹  the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban’s flocks.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; ¹  the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.

So I ¹  began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted ²  of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, ³  calling one “Pleasantness” ⁴  and the other “Binders,” ⁵  and I tended the flock.

and he did treat Abram well ¹  on account of her. Abram received ²  sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Now Lot, who was traveling ¹  with Abram, also had ²  flocks, herds, and tents.