Bible Strands
Genesis 25:11
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the immediate post-burial period, placing Isaac near Beer-lahai-roi as the covenant line shifts from Abraham to his son.
The words — אַחֲרֵי (a.cha.Rei) means after, and וַ/יְבָ֥רֶךְ (va/y.Va.rekh) means and he blessed, marking the sequence of divine action following Abraham’s death.
The thread — The location Beer-lahai-roi appears in Genesis 16:14, while the blessing of Isaac fulfills the Abrahamic promises recorded in Genesis 12:2 and Genesis 22:17.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track the transfer of covenant blessing to Isaac and note the geographical anchor that ties the patriarchal narrative to specific land markers.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.
Cross-references
- Genesis 16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
- Genesis 22:17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 12:2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 17:19 But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
- Genesis 24:62 Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
- Genesis 50:24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”