KJV King James Version
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 16:14
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
therefore hath one called the well, ‘The well of the Living One, my beholder;’ lo, between Kadesh and Bered.
Surrounding context — Genesis 16
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּן֙H3651 · kenrightקָרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלַבְּאֵ֔רH875 · be.erwellבְּאֵ֥רH883 · be.er la.chay ro.iBeer-lahai-roiלַחַ֖יH883 · be.er la.chay ro.iBeer-lahai-roiרֹאִ֑יH883 · be.er la.chay ro.iBeer-lahai-roiהִנֵּ֥הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdבֵין־H996 · ba.yinbetweenקָדֵ֖שׁH6946 · qa.deshKadeshוּבֵ֥יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenבָּֽרֶד׃H1260 · be.redBered
Cross-references
Genesis 25:11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.Genesis 24:62And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.Genesis 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
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