<Time for schizo posting.
>Beer-Lahai-Roi ("Well of the Living One who sees me").
Lahai-Roi is not just a place of the past.
>Ishmael's Home:
After the birth of Isaac and the final expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21), it is mentioned that God fostered Ishmael and that he lived in the wilderness of Paran. In Genesis 25:11, after the death of Abraham, Isaac is said to have lived by the well of Lahai-Roi. holy.
>The Place of the Meeting between Isaac and Rebekah:
This is a crucial detail. In Genesis 24, Abraham’s servant (probably Eliezer) goes to Mesopotamia and brings Rebekah to marry Isaac.
>The story ends like this:
“Now Isaac had come from the well of the living and seeing me (Lahai-Roi); for he dwelt in the land of the Negev. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide.” (Genesis 24:62-63)
Here, Isaac meets Rebekah and brings her into the tent of his mother, Sarah. Lahai-Roi thus becomes the place where the new family of promise begins.
>Geographic Location
The exact location of Lahai-Roi is uncertain, but it is believed to be in the Negev Desert of southern Canaan, on the road between Kadesh and Bered (as mentioned in Genesis 16:14). Some scholars identify it with an oasis in that region.
>Meaning and Symbolism
The God Who Sees: Lahai-Roi is a powerful symbol of divine providence and compassion. He is the God who sees the marginalized, the suffering, the wronged. Hagar, a doubly marginalized woman (slave and foreigner), becomes the first person in the Bible to give a name to God ("El Roi" - "The God who sees me").
>A Place of Refuge and Revelation:
For Hagar, this place was a refuge where her despair was met by a divine vision. It became a place of comfort and renewal of hope.
>The Connection with Ishmael:
Lahai-Roi is the starting point of the covenant between God and the Ishmaelite people, the ancestors of the Arabs according to Islamic tradition. It is the place where the fate of Ishmael is announced.