KJV King James Version
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
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Genesis 25:11
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
WEB World English Bible
It happened after the death of Abraham that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son: and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahairoi.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blesseth Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelleth by the Well of the Living One, my Beholder.
Surrounding context — Genesis 25
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beאַחֲרֵי֙H310 · a.charafterמ֣וֹתH4194 · ma.vetdeathאַבְרָהָ֔םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamוַיְבָ֥רֶךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִצְחָ֣קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacבְּנ֑וֹH1121 · benson: childוַיֵּ֣שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellיִצְחָ֔קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacעִם־H5973 · imwithבְּאֵ֥רH883 · be.er la.chay ro.iBeer-lahai-roiלַחַ֖יH883 · be.er la.chay ro.iBeer-lahai-roiרֹאִֽי׃ סH883 · be.er la.chay ro.iBeer-lahai-roi
Cross-references
Genesis 16:14Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;Genesis 24:62And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:Genesis 17:19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.Genesis 50:24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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