Augustine of Hippo : IT IS NECESSARY TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE SCRIPTURE DOES NOT SAY. — Concerning the fact that Rachel came with her father's sheep and that, as the Scripture says, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well ; it must be noted that Scripture omits something that we must understand rather than arouse a problem. It is understood that those with whom Jacob spoke at the beginning, being questioned as to who came with the sheep, said that it was the daughter of Laban, whom Jacob evidently did not know. But the Scripture, while passing over in silence the request of the one and the reply of the others, has willed that we should supplement them. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 85 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)