Genesis 16:14

Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

13Then she gave this name to Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Do I really continue to see, even after he has seen me?”

15Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:7Then they turned and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazezon Tamar.

Genesis 24:62Now Isaac was living in the Negev, and had just returned from Beer Lahai Roi.

Numbers 13:26They came back to Moses, Aaron, and all the community of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the community, and showed them the produce from 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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