Bible Dictionary
Beer-lahai-roi
Beer-lahai-roi means “well of the Living One who sees me.” It was where the Lord met Hagar in the wilderness, and Isaac later lived near it.
Definition
Beer-lahai-roi means “well of the Living One who sees me.” It was a fountain or well in the wilderness on the way to Shur, associated with Hagar, and later with Isaac’s dwelling.
Biblical Usage
The Lord met Hagar at Beer-lahai-roi. Isaac dwelt beside the well for a time, and it is named in connection with his movements and household.
Historical Background
The site was in the Negeb between Kadesh and Bered. It has been identified by some with a modern fountain, but the supplied material records this as an identification rather than a certainty.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>be-er-la-hi'-roi, be-er-la-hi-ro'-i (be'er lachai ro'i, "well of the Living One that seeth me"): "A fountain of water in the wilderness," "the fountain in the way to Shur" (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).</p><p>S. F. Hunter</p>