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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

1. הנר hāgār — Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of Muhammad.

7. מלאך mal'ak “messenger, angel.” A dep…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Beer-lahai-roi. That is, Well of the living-seeing (of God), the well where God has been seen, and the beholder still liv…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Wherefore the well was called I subscribe to the opinion of those who interpret the word יקרא (yekra) indefinitely, which is comm…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi
That is, the fountain where the angel found her, ([Reference Genesis 16:7…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 i…

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