וַיַּ֞רְא וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְאֵ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁ֞ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עֶדְרֵי־צֹאן֙ רֹבְצִ֣ים עָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֚י מִן־הַבְּאֵ֣ר הַהִ֔וא יַשְׁק֖וּ הָעֲדָרִ֑ים וְהָאֶ֥בֶן גְּדֹלָ֖ה עַל־פִּ֥י הַבְּאֵֽר׃
Lalu ia melihat, dan tampaklah sebuah sumur di padang, dan di sana ada tiga kawanan kambing domba berbaring di dekatnya, sebab dari sumur itulah kawanan-kawanan itu diberi minum; dan batu di atas mulut sumur itu besar.
Guide for the Perplexed
As regards the first of these verbs this is well known, e.g., And he looked (va-yar) and behold a well in the field” (Gen. 29:2) here it signifies ocular perception: “yea, my heart has seen (raah) much of wisdom and of knowledge” (Eccles. 1:16); in this passage it refers to the intellectual perception.