Kejadian 24:62

24:62 Now ¹  Isaac came from ²  Beer Lahai Roi, ³  for ⁴  he was living in the Negev. ⁵ 

Kejadian 25:11

25:11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed ⁶  his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi. ⁷ 

[24:62]  ¹ tn The disjunctive clause switches the audience’s attention to Isaac and signals a new episode in the story.

[24:62]  ² tn Heb “from the way of.”

[24:62]  ³ sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿ’er lakhay ro’i) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” See Gen 16:14.

[24:62]  ⁴ tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.

[24:62]  ⁵ tn Or “the South [country].”

[24:62]  sn Negev is the name for the southern desert region in the land of Canaan.

[25:11]  ⁶ sn God blessed Isaac. The Hebrew verb “bless” in this passage must include all the gifts that God granted to Isaac. But fertility was not one of them, at least not for twenty years, because Rebekah was barren as well (see v. 21).

[25:11]  ⁷ sn Beer Lahai Roi. See the note on this place name in Gen 24:62.