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

So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

Abraham named his son – whom Sarah bore to him – Isaac.

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, the eternal God.

But the Lord’s angel called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered.

So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Do you want to go with this man?” She replied, “I want to go.”

The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.

His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

Then Rachel said, “I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.

Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.

She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

Afterward his brother came out – the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand – and he was named Zerah.