ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 focused on the exegesis of the Midian episode in Q 28:21-28 and the conflation of Moses with Jacob and Israel. Through the application of details from the Jacob story of Genesis 28:10-31 :21, and the conflation of Jethro and Shu'ayb, the exegetes highl ight a distinction between the two prophetic lines issuing from Abraham: the Israelite line of Moses and the Arab line of Muhammad. The motif of a well or water-source has been the focal point in the exegesis of Q 18:60-82 and 28:21-28. In both cases, the exegetes have used the relationship of Moses to water as a means for defining his character and significance in the text of the Quran . Similarly, accounts of Abraham 's establishing of a well at Beersheba and the sanctuary at Mecca are connected with the figure of Dhu al-Qarnayn and his relationship to Moses .
