Bible Dictionary: Travellers: Generally Halted at Wells or Streams

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Genesis 24:11
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
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Genesis 32:21,23
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
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Exodus 15:27
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and three score and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
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1 Samuel 30:21
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
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John 4:6
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
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Library

Mission Tours.
... We were generally told there were thieves in the neighbourhood; we were ... Some travellers
take watchmen with them ... We always halted on the Lord's Day, and often on ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xiv mission tours.htm

The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
... to a suzerainty which they had generally been unable to ... The itineraries of modern
travellers mention a place ... Tiglath-pileser, and then having halted to receive ...
/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm

Subtopics

Travellers

Travellers for Security often Left the Highways

Travellers of Distinction: Before Setting out Gave Employment to Their Servants

Travellers of Distinction: Frequently Extorted Provisions by the Way

Travellers of Distinction: Generally Attended by Running Footmen

Travellers of Distinction: Generally Performed Their Journey in Great State

Travellers of Distinction: Often Preceded by Heralds to Have the Roads Prepared

Travellers of Distinction: Rode in Chariots

Travellers of Distinction: Rode on Asses, Camels

Travellers were Frequently Asked Whence They Came and Whither They Went

Travellers: After a Long Journey, Described