Genesis 16:14

Therefore she called that well, The well of him that liveth and seeth me. The same is between Cades and Bared.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

In Context

13And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.

15And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to the fountain of Misphat, the same is Cades: and they smote all the country of the Amalecites, and the Amorrhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar.

Genesis 24:62At the same time Isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called Of the living and the seeing: for he dwelt in the south country.

Numbers 13:26And they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days, having gone round all the country,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:11-15

The Promise Concerning Ishmael. ( b. c. 1911.) 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called… Read the whole commentary →

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