Genesis 21:14

14So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of aBeersheba.

Exodus 15:22-25

Bitter Water Made Sweet

22Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of bShur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23When they came to cMarah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
 Marah means bitterness
24And the people egrumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25And he fcried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log,
Or tree
and he hthrew it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord
Hebrew he
made for them a statute and a rule, and there he jtested them,

Exodus 17:1-3

Water from the Rock

1 kAll the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 lTherefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you mtest the Lord?” 3But the people thirsted there for water, and nthe people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

2 Kings 3:9

9So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and othe king of Edom. And when they had made a circuitous march of seven days, there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.

Psalms 63:1

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, pwhen he was in the wilderness of Judah.

1 O God, you are my God; qearnestly I seek you;
rmy soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in sa dry and weary land where there is no water.

Isaiah 44:12

12 tThe ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

Jeremiah 14:3

3Her nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
they return with their vessels empty;
they are uashamed and confounded
and vcover their heads.
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