Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Parallel translations
- KJV Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
- BSB Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
- NKJV Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
- NASB Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
- NLT So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.
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Cross-references · 5
- Gen 25:11After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
- Gen 24:62Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.
- Num 13:26They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.
- Gen 21:31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
- Gen 14:7They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
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