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