The Meaning of Genesis 16:14 Explained

Genesis 16:14

KJV: Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

YLT: therefore hath one called the well, 'The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.

Darby: Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Wherefore the well  was called  Beerlahairoi;  behold, [it is] between Kadesh  and Bered. 

What does Genesis 16:14 Mean?

Study Notes

Beerlahairoi
i.e. The well of him that liveth and seeth me. Genesis 24:62 ; Genesis 25:11 .

Context Summary

Genesis 16:1-16 - Abram's Son Ishmael
Poor Hagar! What contrasts met in her life! Bought in an Egyptian slave-mart, but destined to be the mother of a great people! She is not the last to suffer from the mistakes and sins of God's children, but she was abundantly recompensed. Abram did her a great wrong. Human policy will often suggest a course which seems right in our own eyes, but the end is death. How remarkable is the advice given to Hagar by the angel: return and submit! Does not the child of God often seek to evade the cross! "Let me but get away from this intolerable trouble," we cry. But God meets us. "No stranger He to all our wanderings wild!" We have to take up the cross, and sit down again on the hard stool. Some day we shall be permitted to go out, but not till we have learned our lesson perfectly. In the meanwhile, we are assured that our life shall be prolific in great results. In an outburst of awe and joy, the slave-girl learned that God sees and hears. Note 2 Chronicles 16:9; 1 Peter 3:12.
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Chapter Summary: Genesis 16

1  Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram
4  Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away
7  An angel commands her to return and submit herself,
10  promises her a numerous posterity,
12  and shows their character and condition
13  Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai
15  Ishmael is born
16  The age of Abram

What do the individual words in Genesis 16:14 mean?

Upon thus was called the well from Lahai Roi behold [it is] between Kadesh and Bered
עַל־ כֵּן֙ קָרָ֣א לַבְּאֵ֔ר בְּאֵ֥ר לַחַ֖י רֹאִ֑י הִנֵּ֥ה בֵין־ קָדֵ֖שׁ וּבֵ֥ין בָּֽרֶד

עַל־  Upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּן֙  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
קָרָ֣א  was  called 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
לַבְּאֵ֔ר  the  well 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּאֵר  
Sense: well, pit, spring.
לַחַ֖י  Lahai 
Parse: Preposition
רֹאִ֑י  Roi 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי 
Sense: a well west of Kadesh, south of Israel.
הִנֵּ֥ה  behold 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
בֵין־  [it  is]  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
קָדֵ֖שׁ  Kadesh 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: קָדֵשׁ  
Sense: a city in the extreme south of Judah.
בָּֽרֶד  Bered 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֶּרֶד 
Sense: a son or descendant of Ephraim.

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