He looked and saw a well in the field and three flocks of sheep lying nearby, because they drank water from this well. A large stone covered the mouth of the well.
When the king heard what Moses had done, he tried to kill him. But Moses ran away from the king and went to live in the land of Midian. There he sat down near a well.
Listen to the sound of the singers at the watering holes. There they tell about the victories of the Lord, the victories of the Lord’s warriors in Israel. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates.
As Saul and the servant were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to get water. Saul and the servant asked them, “Is the seer here?”