Genesis 16:14

Wherefore the well was called, Beerlahai-roi. lo, it is betweene Kadesh and Bered.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13Then she called the name of the Lord, that spake vnto her, Thou God lookest on me: for she said, Haue I not also here looked after him that seeth me?

15And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

Read all of Genesis 16

Cross References

Genesis 14:7And they returned and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon-tamar.

Genesis 24:62Nowe Izhak came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, (for he dwelt in the South countrey)

Numbers 13:26Then after fourtie dayes, they turned againe from searching 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 16:14