WELLS
WELLS
- First mention of # Ge 16:14
- FREQUENTLY MADE 2a) Near encampments
# Ge 21:30 26:18
2b) Outside cities # Ge 24:11 Joh 4:6,8 2c) In the courts of houses # 2Sa 17:18 2d) In the desert # 2Ch 26:10 3) Supplied by springs # Pr 16:22 4) Supplied by the rain # Ps 84:6 5) Surrounded by trees # Ge 49:22 Ex 15:27 6) Names often given to # Ge 16:14 21:31 7) Canaan abounded with # De 6:11 8) Many supplied from Lebanon # So 4:15 9) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 9a) Beerlahairoi # Ge 16:14 9b) Bethlehem # 2Sa 23:15 1Ch 11:17,18 9c) Beer (east of Jordan) # Nu 21:16-18 9d) Beer-sheba # Ge 21:30,31 9e) Elim # Ex 15:27 9f) Esek # Ge 26:20 9g) Hagar # Ge 21:19 9h) Haran # Ge 29:3,4 9i) Jacob # Joh 4:6 9j) Rehoboth # Ge 26:22 9k) Sitnah # Ge 26:21 10) Often deep and difficult to draw from # Joh 4:11 11) Often covered to prevent their being filled with sand # Ge 29:2,3 12) Had troughs placed near for watering cattle # Ge 24:19,20 Ex 2:16 13) FREQUENTED BY 13a) Women who came to draw water # Ge 24:13,14 Joh 4:7 13b) Travellers # Ge 24:11,13,42 Joh 4:6 14) Strangers not to draw from, without permission # Nu 20:17 15) Water of, frequently sold # Nu 20:19 16) Were a frequent cause of strife # Ge 21:25 26:21,22 Ex 2:16,17 17) Were often stopped up by enemies # Ge 26:15,18 2Ki 3:19,25 18) Often afforded no water # Jer 14:3 Zec 9:11 19) ILLUSTRATIVE 19a) Of the ordinances of the Church # Isa 12:3 19b) Of the Holy Spirit in saints # So 4:15 Joh 4:14 19c) Of the mouth of the righteous # Pr 10:11 19d) Of wisdom and understanding in man # Pr 16:22 18:4 19e) (A fruitful bough by,) of Joseph’s numerous posterity # Ge 49:22 19f) (Drinking from one’s own,) of enjoyment of domestic happiness # Pr 5:15 19g) (Without water,) of hypocrites # 2Pe 2:17