Genesis 16:14
Therefore has one called the well, “The well of the Living One, my beholder”; behold, between Kadesh and Bered.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
In Context
15And Hagar bears a son to Abram; and Abram calls the name of his son, whom Hagar has borne, Ishmael;
Cross References
Genesis 14:7and they turn back and come to En-Mishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and strike the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.
Genesis 24:62And Isaac has come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder; and he is dwelling in the land of the south,
Numbers 13:26And they go and come to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the congregation back word, and show 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 →