Genesis 16:14

Translations

Modern

Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.

Traditional

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

Literal

Upon thus the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and between Bered.

Latin

Propterea appellavit puteum illum Puteum viventis et videntis me. Ipse est inter Cades et Barad.

Original

Hebrew

English

Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.

Notes

Genesis 16:14–15

The name Beer-lahai-roi means “well of the Living One who sees me.” This name and Ishmael were a message and a rebuke for Abram and Sarai (see 16:11). God notices suffering and listens to those crying out in need.

Sarai and Abram should have prayed instead of trying to fulfill the promise themselves by following a social custom (compare 25:21). Giving children to a woman who cannot have them is God's work (Psalm 113:9; compare 1 Samuel 1:1–28; Luke 1:1–25). Humans cannot solve impossible problems. The Lord hears those who suffer, sees their needs, and will provide for them in miraculous ways.

Genesis 16:1–16

While they waited for their promised son to be born, Abram and Sarai tried another plan. This plan did not show trust in God.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Hagar Isaac Ishmael Symbolic Numbers

Events

Birth of Ishmaelc. 1910 BC

Related verses

Genesis 24:62
Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Genesis 25:11
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
Numbers 13:26
…and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Places

Beer-lahai-roi: Well where Hagar encountered the Angel of the Lord Bered: Place near where Hagar encountered the Angel of the Lord Kadesh: An important oasis in the Wilderness of Zin

Glossary

Beer-Lahairoi Bered (Place) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Circumcision Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Hagar Kadesh, Kadesh-Barnea Maid, Maiden Nations Patriarchs, Period of the Well

Topics

Beer-Lahai-Roi: Also Called Lahai-Roi, a Well Bered: A Town in the South of Palestine Kadesh: Abraham Lives Beside the Wells Nearby Lahai-Roi: Hagar Fled To Wells: Beerlahairoi Wells: First Mention of Wells: Names often Given To

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