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Beer-Lahai-Roi
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Beer' Lachay' Roi', לִחִי רֹאִי בְּאֵר, signifying, according to the explanation in the text where it first occurs, well of [to] life of vision [or, of the living and seeing God], i.e. survivorship after beholding the theophany; but, according to the natural derivation, well of the cheek-bone [rock] of vision; Sept. in Genesis 16:14, φρέαρ οῦ ἐνώπιον εϊ v δον; in Genesis 24:62, τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ὁράσεως; Vulg. puteus viventis et videntis me), a well, or rather a living spring (A. V. "fountain," comp. Genesis 24:7), between Kadesh and Bered, in the wilderness, "in the way to Shur," and therefore in the "south country" (Genesis 24:62.), which seems to have been so named by Hagar because God saw her (רֹאִי ) there (Genesis 16:14). From the fact of this etymology not being in agreement with the formation of the name (more legitimately, רַאַי לְחַי ), it has been suggested (Gesenius, Thes. p. 175) that the origin of the name is LEHI (See LEHI) (q.v.) (Judges 15:9; Judges 15:19), the scene of Samson's adventure, which was not far from this neighborhood. By this well Isaac dwelt both before and after the death of his father (Genesis 24:62; Genesis 25:11). In both these passages the name is given in the A. V. as "the well Lahai-roi." Mr. Rowland announces the discovery of the well Lahai-roi at Moyle or Moilahi, a station on the road to Beersheba, ten hours south of Ruheibeh, near which is a hole or cavern bearing the name of Beit Hagar (Williams, Holy City, 1, 465); but this requires confirmation. This well is possibly the same with th at by which the life of Ishmael was preserved on a subsequent occasion (Genesis 21:19), but which, according to the Moslems, is the well Zem-zem at Mecca.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Beer-Lahai-Roi'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/beer-lahai-roi.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
