וַיַּ֞רְא וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְאֵ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁ֞ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עֶדְרֵי־צֹאן֙ רֹבְצִ֣ים עָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֚י מִן־הַבְּאֵ֣ר הַהִ֔וא יַשְׁק֖וּ הָעֲדָרִ֑ים וְהָאֶ֥בֶן גְּדֹלָ֖ה עַל־פִּ֥י הַבְּאֵֽר׃
Tumingin siya, at narito, may isang balon sa parang, at naroon ang tatlong kawan ng tupa na nakahiga sa tabi nito, sapagkat sa balong iyon pinaiinom ng mga pastol ang mga kawan; at malaki ang batong nakatakip sa bunganga ng balon.
Rashi
ישקו העדרים THEY GAVE THE DROVES DRINK —the shepherds used to water the flocks: this verse uses an elliptical phrase (omitting the subject “the shepherds”).
Chizkuni
וירא והנה באר בשדה, “when he looked, see there was a well in the field.” This whole paragraph, up to and including the line: “he rolled aside the rock,” (in verse 10) has been recorded only in order to teach us about the physical strength of Yaakov.
Ramban
AND HE LOOKED, AND BEHOLD A WELL IN THE FIELD, AND LO THREE FLOCKS OF SHEEP LYING THERE BY IT. Scripture tells this story at length in order to let us know that they that wait for the Eternal shall renew their strength,59Isaiah 40:31. and the fear of Him gives strength. For here our father Jacob is coming from the journey and he is tired, yet he alone rolls away the stone, a task which required all the shepherds. The many shepherds and all the watchmen of the three flocks of sheep could not shift the rock.
With respect to this chapter, our Rabbis in Bereshith Rabbah6070:8. also have a secret which alludes to the future. For it happened to him that he came to Haran by way of the well, and only three of all the flocks were gathered. He arrived at the time when the stone was yet upon the mouth of the well, and the flocks waited for the water thereof. Likewise, the matter which is narrated here is all for the purpose of letting it be known that Jacob will succeed in this venture and will have children worthy of the fulfillment of this allusion. For the well alludes to the Sanctuary, and the three flocks of sheep are symbolic of the pilgrims ascending to the Sanctuary during the three festivals.61Pesach, Shevuoth, and Succoth. See Deuteronomy 16:16. The expression, For out of that well they watered the flocks, alludes to the fact that they drew holy inspiration from the pilgrimages to the Sanctuary. It may be that it alludes to the verse, For out of Zion shall go forth Torah62Isaiah 2:3. Thus both prophecy and law emanated from the Sanctuary. — which has been likened to water,63Ibid., 55:1, Baba Kamma 17a. and the word of the Eternal from Jerusalem.62Isaiah 2:3. Thus both prophecy and law emanated from the Sanctuary. — And thither were all the flocks gathered64Verse 3 here. — from the entrance of Hamath unto the Brook of Egypt.65I Kings 8:65. The verse refers to the gathering of pilgrims for the festival of Succoth. — And they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth and watered,64Verse 3 here. for they drew holy inspiration therefrom. And they put the stone back64Verse 3 here. to lie dormant until the next festival.
With respect to this chapter, our Rabbis in Bereshith Rabbah6070:8. also have a secret which alludes to the future. For it happened to him that he came to Haran by way of the well, and only three of all the flocks were gathered. He arrived at the time when the stone was yet upon the mouth of the well, and the flocks waited for the water thereof. Likewise, the matter which is narrated here is all for the purpose of letting it be known that Jacob will succeed in this venture and will have children worthy of the fulfillment of this allusion. For the well alludes to the Sanctuary, and the three flocks of sheep are symbolic of the pilgrims ascending to the Sanctuary during the three festivals.61Pesach, Shevuoth, and Succoth. See Deuteronomy 16:16. The expression, For out of that well they watered the flocks, alludes to the fact that they drew holy inspiration from the pilgrimages to the Sanctuary. It may be that it alludes to the verse, For out of Zion shall go forth Torah62Isaiah 2:3. Thus both prophecy and law emanated from the Sanctuary. — which has been likened to water,63Ibid., 55:1, Baba Kamma 17a. and the word of the Eternal from Jerusalem.62Isaiah 2:3. Thus both prophecy and law emanated from the Sanctuary. — And thither were all the flocks gathered64Verse 3 here. — from the entrance of Hamath unto the Brook of Egypt.65I Kings 8:65. The verse refers to the gathering of pilgrims for the festival of Succoth. — And they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth and watered,64Verse 3 here. for they drew holy inspiration therefrom. And they put the stone back64Verse 3 here. to lie dormant until the next festival.