Genesis 16:14

16:14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

Genesis 25:11

25:11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.


tn The verb does not have an expressed subject and so is rendered as passive in the translation.

sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿer lakhay roi) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” The text suggests that God takes up the cause of those who are oppressed.

tn Heb “look.” The words “it is located” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

sn God blessed Isaac. The Hebrew verb “bless” in this passage must include all the gifts that God granted to Isaac. But fertility was not one of them, at least not for twenty years, because Rebekah was barren as well (see v. 21).

sn Beer Lahai Roi. See the note on this place name in Gen 24:62.