Genesis 16:14

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

Genesis 24:62

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


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.

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

tn Heb “from the way of.”

sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿer lakhay roi) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” See Gen 16:14.

tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.

tn Or “the South [country].”