Bered standard
aghra', which is the usual equivalent of Shur, while the Jerusalem Targum renders it Chalutsah, which is also Shur (Ex 15:22).
Where is Bered in the Bible?
Bered was a place in the Negev region of ancient Palestine, located in the southern desert area near the border of Egypt. It appears in Genesis 16:14 as the location where Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant, encountered the Angel of the Lord while fleeing from her mistress. The well at Bered, which Hagar discovered during this encounter, held spiritual significance as a place of divine comfort and provision. Scholars identify Bered with the ancient settlement of Khalasa (Kh. Khalasa), an important town situated approximately 70 miles south of Jerusalem on the major trade route connecting Palestine to Kadesh and Mount Sinai. This encounter between Hagar and God at Bered represents a pivotal moment in the biblical narrative, illustrating God's care for the vulnerable and outcast.
In Scripture1 biblical book; 1 with study content
- Genesis
Bered (2)
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)aghra', which is the usual equivalent of Shur, while the Jerusalem Targum renders it Chalutsah, which is also Shur (Ex 15:22). Chalutsah is clearly the city of Elusu mentioned by Ptolemy and from the 4th to the 7th centuries by various ecclesiastical writers. It was an important town on the road from Palestine to Kadesh and Mount Sinai. This is without doubt the very large and important ruin Kh. Khalasa, some 70 miles South of Jerusalem on the road from Beersheba and Rehoboth. "These ruins cover an area of 15 to 20 acres, throughout which the foundations and enclosures of houses are distinctly to be traced. .... We judged that here there must have been a city with room enough for a population of 15,000 to 20,000 souls" (Robinson, BR, I, 201).
E. W. G. Masterman
ber'-e-nes.
See BERNICE.
be'-ri (beri, "wisdom"): A descendant of Asher (1Ch 7:36).
</entryFree