Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. 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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Quick answer
The well was named Beer Lahai Roi, memorializing Hagar's encounter with the God who sees. The place preserved the testimony of God's care.
Overview
The naming of the well, the Well of the Living One who sees me, marks the site of God's gracious meeting with Hagar. Such place-names in Genesis anchor God's acts in real geography and keep their memory alive. The well stands as a lasting witness that God sees and tends to the lowly and distressed.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 25:11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
- Gen 24:62And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
- Num 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 shewed them the fruit of the land.
- Gen 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
- Gen 14:7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
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