Genesis 16:14

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 art a God of seeing; for she said: 'Have I even here seen Him that seeth Me?'

15And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:7And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat — the same is Kadesh — and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

Genesis 24:62And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.

Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

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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