Bible Dictionary: Wells: Often Covered to Prevent Their Being Filled With Sand

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Genesis 29:2,3
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, see, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was on the well's mouth.
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Upon the Gathering Together of the Waters.
... Thus we often see the furious sea raising mighty waves ... therefore say, that if the
water covered the face ... For wells are also gathering places for water, made by ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily iv upon the gathering.htm

The First Theban Empire
... I set out trembled in their pastures by their wells. ... bare black rock, here and there
covered by scanty ... searching for nuggets, which were often of considerable ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... now all but desert spaces with wells and cisterns ... bare on their summits, or scantily
covered with meagre ... all independent of each other, but often united under ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... revolutions to which the country was often exposed, or ... period: the masonry of the
wells of Beersheba ... a diminishing aridity, the hillsides covered with richer ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Political Constitution of Egypt
... and continuous existence of the dead man; often, however, the ... wealth of the owner
permitted, they were covered with scenes ... a passage so low as to prevent a man ...
/.../chapter ithe political constitution of.htm

The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... him on every side, filled up the wells, carried off ... and corpses; the shore and the
rocks are covered with the ... restored to order, and, as was often customary in ...
/.../chapter iithe last days of 2.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... the borders of the desert around the wells of Beersheba ... usual haunts, a few days
or often a few ... This summary vengeance did not, however, prevent other rebellions ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... these regions preserved in attributes covered by each ... native lands, and he had often
whole regiments ... necessarily depended on the distances between the wells. ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

The Memphite Empire
... As the ordinary springs and wells would not have been ... The Pharaohs often peopled
their royal cities with ... then the courses were successively covered until the ...
/.../chapter iithe memphite empire.htm