Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Genesis 16:14
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
This name means 'The Well of Him that lives and looketh on.'
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
This name means 'The Well of Him that lives and looketh on.'
Verse Genesis 16:14. _WHEREFORE THE WELL WAS CALLED BEER-LAHAI-ROI_] It appears, from Genesis 16:7, that Hagar had sat down by a fountain or well of water in the wilderness of Shur, at which the Ange...
- The Birth of Ishmael 1. הנר _hāgār_, Hagar, “flight.” Hejrah, the flight of Muhammed. 7. מלאך _mal'ak_ “messenger, angel.” A deputy commissioned to discharge a certain duty for the principal whom...
CHAPTER 16 ABRAHAM AND HAGAR _ 1. Sarai's suggestion (Genesis 16:1)_ 2. Abram's action (Genesis 16:4) 3. Sarai and Hagar (Genesis 16:5) 4. Hagar in the wilderness ...
Sarah has no children, so she hits on a plan of which we have other examples (Genesis 30:3; Genesis 30:9). She hands over Hagar to Abraham, that the maid may compensate for the deficiency of her mistr...
BEER-LAHAI-ROI. _the well of living after seeing._...
Hagar and the Angel at the Well 7. _the angel of the Lord_ The Angel, i.e. messenger, of Jehovah is the personification of Jehovah. Observe that in Genesis 16:10 He identifies Himself with Jehovah, ex...
_Beer-lahai-roi_ The R.V. marg. _the well of the living one who seeth me_is an impossible translation of the text. Another rendering is, "Well of the Seeing alive," i.e. "Where one sees God and remain...
PART TWENTY-NINE THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN (Genesis 16:1-16) 1. _The Biblical Account._ 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, who...
_WHEREFORE THE WELL WAS CALLED BEER-LAHAI-ROI; BEHOLD, IT IS BETWEEN KADESH AND BERED._ Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi - well of life of vision; i:e., of life after seeing God. Attempts...
16:14 Beer-lahai-roi. (c-6) Well of the Living who was seen (or 'who reveals himself')....
THE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE BIRTH OF ISHMAEL 1, 2. Abraham was now eighty-five years old, Sarah was seventy-five, and the promise of an heir seemed no nearer fulfilment. Despairing of offspr...
BEER-LAHAI-ROI] 'the well of the living one who hath seen' God: see on Genesis 21 for St. Paul's references to Hagar....
‘Beer-lahai-roi’ means ‘the well of the one who lives and sees’. She may have meant, ‘I have seen God and I am still alive.’ LORD ~ a lord is a person who has authority. ‘The Lord’ means God. It is a...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 16 SARAI AND HER MAID HAGAR V1 Sarai, who was Abram’s wife, had no children. She had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Hagar. V2 Sarai said to Abr...
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 afterwards a favourite dwelling-place of Isaac (Genesis 25:11...
עַל ־כֵּן֙ קָרָ֣א לַ † בְּאֵ֔ר בְּאֵ֥ר...
BIRTH OF ISHMAEL Genesis 16:1 IN this unpretending chapter we have laid bare to us the origin of one of the most striking facts in the history of religion: namely, that from the one person of Abram h...
ABRAM'S SON ISHMAEL Genesis 16:1 Poor Hagar! What contrasts met in her life! Bought in an Egyptian slave-mart, but destined to be the mother of a great people! She is not the last to suffer from the...
The previous story makes it evident that the principle of faith is the true philosophy of life. It builds on God and is satisfied with Him. It thus becomes the source of all righteousness. Faith, ther...
PLANNING FOR GOD Like so many after her, Sarai ran out of patience. She thought of a plan to achieve the end God had in mind. In the land of the Chaldees, a woman who could not bear children could gi...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
14._Wherefore the well was called _(398) I subscribe to the opinion of those who take the word יקרא (_yekra_,) indefinitely, which is usual enough in the Hebrew language. In order that the sense may b...
Abram seeking, at Sarah's instigation, to anticipate the will of God and the accomplishment of the promise in its time, we have the covenant of the law in Hagar, the source of distress and disquietude...
WHEREFORE THE WELL WAS CALLED BEERLAHAIROI,.... That is, the fountain where the angel found her, Genesis 16:7; this, from the appearance of God to her at it, was afterwards called by her and others by...
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered. Ver. 14. _Beer-lahai-roi,_] i.e., "The well of him that liveth and seeth me," that is, of the living God, who hat...
_The well was called Beer-lahai-roi The well of him that lives and sees me._ It is likely Hagar put this name upon it, and it was retained long after. This was the place where the God of glory manifes...
1 Sarai, being barren, giueth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar being afflicted for despising her mistresse, runneth away. 7 An Angel sendeth her backe to submit her selfe, 11 and telleth her of her child....
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. Hagar realized that it was no ordinary angel that had spoken with her, as her confession shows, for she calls Him: T...
The Return of Hagar and the Birth of Ishmael...
FIFTH SECTION _Abram’s Concession to Sarai’s Impatience. Abram and Hagar. Hagar’s Flight. The Angel of the Lord. Hagar’s Return, and Ishmael’s Birth_ GENESIS 16:1-16 1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife [in the...
HUMAN EFFORT TO ACCOMPLISH GOD'S PROMISE Though Abram was a man of faith, Sarai his wife had not borne children, and she weakened his faith by making a mere fleshly suggestion that he should use Sarai...
BEERLAHAIROI: That is, the well of him that liveth and seeth me...
7-16 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 in a sinful way, either by conscience or by prov...
This name may have respect, either, 1. To God, _The well of him that liveth_ (i.e. of the true and living God) _and seeth me, _ i.e. taketh care of me. Or, 2. To Hagar, _The well of her that liveth,...
Here we find unbelief casting its dark shadow across the spirit of Abraham, and again turning him aside, for a season, from the path of simple, happy confidence in God. "And Sarai said unto Abram, Beh...
Genesis 16:14 well H875 called H7121 (H8804) Beer H883 Roi H2416 Kadesh H6946 Bered H1260 Beer-lahri-roi - That is, The well of him that liveth an
‘For this reason the well was called Beer-lahai-roi (‘the well of the Living One Who sees me'). Consider, it is between Kadesh and Bered.' We do not know whether this was a new name for the site or an...
BEERLAHAIROI That is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me. (Genesis 24:62); (Genesis 25:11)....
CONTENTS: Birth of Ishmael. CHARACTERS: Sarah, Abram, Hagar, Angel, Ishmael. CONCLUSION: The moment the believer takes his eyes away from God's promises he is ready for mean devices of unbelief whic...
Genesis 16:1. God had promised Abraham a son, but had not said that he should be born of Sarah. Hence his wife having no hope in herself, almost compelled him to receive Hagar to his bed, not consider...
_Thou God seest me_ THE RETROSPECT OF A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE Hagar had heard the voice of the Lord, and had distinct evidence of His providential care and regard. I. THAT IT IS A REVELATION OF GOD. “S...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 16:14 BEER-LAHAI-ROI means “well of the Living One who sees me.” ⇐...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 16:1 Sarai seeks to resolve the problem of her barrenness by having her maidservant, Hagar, bear a child on her behalf. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 16:13. The name of the Lord.] _Heb. The name of Jehovah. Thou, God, seest me. Heb. Thou art the God of vision,_ or rather “of visibility”—who dost cause Thyself to be seen—dos...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 16:7 AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. _Maleach Jehovah_, elsewhere styled _Maleach Elohim _(Genesis 21:17; Genesis 31:11); supposed but wrongly to be
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in...
Beer-lahri-roi. Genesis 21:31 Genesis 24:62 Genesis 25:11 Kadesh. Numbers 13:26...
The well was called Beer — lahai — roi — The well of him that lives and sees me. 'Tis likely Hagar put this name upon it, and it was retained long after. This was the place where the God of glory mani...