The well is called Beer Lahai Roi — 'well of the Living One who sees me' — between Kadesh and Bered. The naming of the well memorializes the encounter: in the ancient world, wells were sites of significance and provision, and the name becomes a permanent testimony to what happened there. Beer Lahai Roi will appear again in Genesis 24:62 and 25:11 — Isaac lives near this well, the well named after his half-brother's mother's encounter with God. The geography of encounter becomes sacred; the place where God saw the slave woman is the place where the covenant son will later dwell. Psalm 77:11 speaks of remembering the works of the LORD and calling to mind his miracles of long ago — the named well is exactly that kind of memorialization. The application: mark the places where God has seen you and spoken to you. Name the well. Return to it. Let others know what happened there.

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