Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the Negev.
KJV
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
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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,
Gen 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,
Gen 24:67
; see
Gen 22:19
.
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