beer-lahai-roi Summary and Overview

i.e., "the well of him that liveth and seeth me," or, as some render it, "the well of the vision of life", the well where the Lord met with Hagar (Gen. 16:7-14). Isaac dwelt beside this well (24:62; 25:11). It has been identified with 'Ain Muweileh, or Moilahhi, south-west of Beersheba, and about 12 miles W. from Kadesh-barnea.

(a well of the living), a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp. #Jer 6:7| between Kadesh and Bered, in the wilderness. #Ge 24:62|

BE'ER-LAHAI'-ROI (well of the living), a fountain in the wilderness, south-west of Beer-sheba, Gen 16:7, 2 Kgs 22:14; Gen 24:62; Gen 25:11; perhaps Muweileh; not the same as that in Gen 21:19.