“And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.”
Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev. The name Beer Lahai Roi — the well of the Living One who sees me, where Hagar received the divine promise in Genesis 16:14 — is where Isaac lives. The covenant son lives near the well named after Hagar's encounter with God. The geography is theologically resonant. The application: the covenant family's geography is saturated with the memory of God's provision and encounter. The places they live are the places where God has already been.
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