Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 16:14

"Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered." — Genesis 16:14 (ASV)

Beer-lahai-roi. That is, Well of the living-seeing (of God), the well where God has been seen, and the beholder still lives. It became afterward a favorite dwelling place of Isaac (Genesis 25:11), and was probably, therefore, surrounded by pastures, but its site has not been identified. For Kadesh see Genesis 14:7. Bered is absolutely unknown.