Genesis 16 · Verse 14

Genesis 16:14

Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 16:14, King James Version

Genesis 16:14 in other translations

BSBTherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
WEBTherefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
ASVWherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
YLTtherefore hath one called the well, ‘The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.
DARBYTherefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
BBESo that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
WebsterWherefore the well was called Beer-la-hai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

What does Genesis 16:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi - It appears, from Gen 16:7, that Hagar had sat down by a fountain or well of water in the wilderness of Shur, at which the Angel of the Lord found her; and, to commemorate the wonderful discovery which God had made of himself, she called the name of the well באר לחי ראי beer-lachai-roi, "A well to the Living One who seeth me." Two things seem implied here: 1. A dedication of the well to Him who had appeared to her; and, 2. Faith in the promise: for he who is the Living One, existing in all generations, must have it ever in his power to accomplish promises which are to be fulfilled through the whole lapse of time.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 16:7-16

Hagar was out of her place, and out of the way of her duty, and going further astray, when the Angel found her. It is a great mercy to be stopped in a sinful way, either by conscience or by providence. Whence comest thou? Consider that thou art running from duty, and the privileges thou wast blest with in Abram's tent. It is good to live in a religious family, which those ought to consider who have this advantage…

Read the full comment on Genesis 16:7-16 →

Genesis 16:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּן֙ken-foreH3651
קָרָ֣אka.Ra'someone calledH7121
לַבְּאֵ֔רla.be.'Er<to> the wellH875
בְּאֵ֥רbe.'ErBeerH883
לַחַ֖יla.ChaiLahaiH883
רֹאִ֑יro.'IRoiH883
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!H2009
בֵין\־vein-[it is] betweenH996
קָדֵ֖שׁka.DeshKadeshH6946
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
בָּֽרֶד\׃Ba.redBeredH1260

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 16:14

  • 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 Lahai–roi.

  • Genesis 24:62

    And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

  • Numbers 13:26

    And 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 21:31

    Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

  • Genesis 14:7

    And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beer-lahri-roi.That is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me.
21:31; 24:62; 25:11
Kadesh.
Nu 13:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 16:13

    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?

  • Genesis 16:14

    Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

  • Genesis 16:15

    And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

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Genesis 16:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por lo cual llamó al pozo, Pozo del Viviente que me ve. He aquí está entre Cades y Bered.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi on a appelé le puits: Beër-Lakhaï-roï; voici, il est entre Kadès et Béred.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum nannte man den Brunnen: Beer-Lachai-Roi; siehe, er ist zwischen Kades und Bered.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propterea appellavit puteum illum Puteum viventis et videntis me. Ipse est inter Cades et Barad.