Genesis 16:14

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“Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.”

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BSBPD

“Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“therefore hath one called the well, `The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 16:14 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 14:7Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
  2. Genesis 21:31So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
  3. Genesis 24:62Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  4. Genesis 25:11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
  5. Numbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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