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4">Ge 16:7-14). It was the scene of Hagar's theophany, and here Isaac dwelt for some time (Ge 16:7 f; 24:62; 25:11). The site is in The Negeb between Kadesh and Bered (Ge 16:14).
Where is Beer-lahai-roi in the Bible?
Beer-lahai-roi was a well located in the Negeb region of southern Canaan, positioned between Kadesh and Bered, with scholars identifying it as possibly the modern site of Ain Moilaihhi, approximately 50 miles south of Beersheba. This place holds significant biblical importance as the location where Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant, encountered the Angel of the Lord while fleeing into the wilderness, an event recorded in Genesis 16:7-14. The well's name, meaning "the well of the Living One who sees me," reflects Hagar's profound spiritual encounter at this site. Beer-lahai-roi is also notable as a dwelling place for Isaac during his life, as mentioned in Genesis 24:62 and 25:11, making it an important location in the patriarchal narratives of the Bible.
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Beer-lahai-roi
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)4">Ge 16:7-14). It was the scene of Hagar's theophany, and here Isaac dwelt for some time (Ge 16:7 f; 24:62; 25:11). The site is in The Negeb between Kadesh and Bered (Ge 16:14). Rowland identifies the well with the modern `Ain Moilaihhi, circa 50 miles South of Beersheba and 12 miles West of `Ain Kadis. Cheyne thinks that Hagar's native country, to which she was fleeing and from which she took a wife for Ishmael, was not Egypt (mitsrayim), but a north Arabian district called by the Assyrians Mucri (Encyclopedia Biblica).
S. F. Hunter
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