Genesis - 24:62



62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 24:62.

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And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
At the same time Isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called Of the living and the seeing: for he dwelt in the south country.
And Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi; for he was dwelling in the south country.
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
And Isaac hath come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder; and he is dwelling in the land of the south,
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelled in the south country.
Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the Negev.
Then, at the same time, Isaac was walking along the way that leads to the well, whose name is: 'of the One who lives and who sees.' For he dwelt in the southern land.
Ishac autem veniebat, qua venitur a Puteo viventis videntis me: et ipse habitabat in terra Meridiana.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Isaac came - Concerning this well see Genesis 16:13, Genesis 16:14, etc. As it appears from Genesis 25:11, that Isaac dwelt at the well Lahai-roi, it has been conjectured that he had now come on a visit to his aged father at Beersheba, where he waited in expectation of his bride.
For he dwelt in the south country - The southern part of the land of Canaan. See Genesis 12:9.

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi,.... The well at which the angel met with Hagar, when she fled from her mistress, Genesis 16:7. The Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say, that Isaac came from the school of Shem the great:
for he dwelt in the south country: at Beersheba, to which Abraham, it seems, was returned again; for that they dwelt together as yet, is clear from his mother Sarah's tent, into which he introduced Rebekah, Genesis 24:67; see Genesis 22:19.

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