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Wells

 

Wells

First mention of - Ge 16:14

FREQUENTLY MADE

• Near encampments
- Ge 21:30; 26:18
• Outside cities
- Ge 24:11; Joh 4:6,8
• In the courts of houses
- 2Sa 17:18
• In the desert
- 2Ch 26:10

Supplied by springs - Pr 16:22

Supplied by the rain - Ps 84:6

Surrounded by trees - Ge 49:22; Ex 15:27

Names often given to - Ge 16:14; 21:31

Canaan abounded with - De 6:11

Many supplied from Lebanon - So 4:15

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

• Beerlahairoi
- Ge 16:14
• Bethlehem
- 2Sa 23:15; 1Ch 11:17,18
• Beer (east of Jordan)
- Nu 21:16-18
• Beer-sheba
- Ge 21:30,31
• Elim
- Ex 15:27
• Esek
- Ge 26:20
• Hagar
- Ge 21:19
• Haran
- Ge 29:3,4
• Jacob
- Joh 4:6
• Rehoboth
- Ge 26:22
• Sitnah
- Ge 26:21

Often deep and difficult to draw from - Joh 4:11

Often covered to prevent their being filled with sand - Ge 29:2,3

Had troughs placed near for watering cattle - Ge 24:19,20; Ex 2:16

FREQUENTED BY

• Women who came to draw water
- Ge 24:13,14; Joh 4:7
• Travellers
- Ge 24:11,13,42; Joh 4:6

Strangers not to draw from, without permission - Nu 20:17

Water of, frequently sold - Nu 20:19

Were a frequent cause of strife - Ge 21:25; 26:21,22; Ex 2:16,17

Were often stopped up by enemies - Ge 26:15,18; 2Ki 3:19,25

Often afforded no water - Jer 14:3; Zec 9:11

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the ordinances of the Church
- Isa 12:3
• Of the Holy Spirit in saints
- So 4:15; Joh 4:14
• Of the mouth of the righteous
- Pr 10:11
• Of wisdom and understanding in man
- Pr 16:22; 18:4
• (A fruitful bough by,) of Joseph's numerous posterity
- Ge 49:22
• (Drinking from one's own,) of enjoyment of domestic
happiness - Pr 5:15
• (Without water,) of hypocrites
- 2Pe 2:17
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