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	Nave's—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