Genesis 16:14-16
Amplified Bible
14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi (Well of the Living One Who Sees Me); it is [a]between Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son; and Abram named his son, to whom Hagar gave birth, [b]Ishmael (God hears). 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.
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- Genesis 16:14 This, “it is between Kadesh and Bered,” is further proof of the antiquity of the original names, since the place had to be identified to the reader in the time of Moses.
- Genesis 16:15 Ishmael was the first person whom God named before his birth (Gen 16:11). Others were: Isaac (Gen 17:19); Josiah (1 Kin 13:2); Solomon (1 Chr 22:9); Jesus (Matt 1:21); and John the Baptist (Luke 1:13).
Genesis 16:14-16
New International Version
14 That is why the well(A) was called Beer Lahai Roi[a];(B) it is still there, between Kadesh(C) and Bered.
15 So Hagar(D) bore Abram a son,(E) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(F) to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old(G) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Footnotes
- Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.
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