Text -- Genesis 24:62 (NET)

24:62 Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 24:62

¹ tn The disjunctive clause switches the audience’s attention to Isaac and signals a new episode in the story.

² tn Heb “from the way of.”

³ sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿ’er lakhay ro’i) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” See Gen 16:14.

⁴ tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.

⁵ tn Or “the South [country].”

sn Negev is the name for the southern desert region in the land of Canaan.