Genesis 21:14
A.M. 2112. B.C. 1892. rose up.19:27; 22:3; 24:54; 26:31; Ps 119:60; Pr 27:14; Ec 9:10took.25:6; 36:6,7child.Or, youth, (see ver. 12, 20,) as Ishmael was now 16 or 17 years of age. sent.Joh 8:35wandered.16:7; 37:15; Ps 107:4; Isa 16:8; Ga 4:23-25Beer-sheba.So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, ver. 31. Such instances of the figure prolepsis are not infrequent in the Pentateuch. 33; 22:19; 26:33; 46:1; 1Ki 19:3Genesis 21:31
called.26:33Beer-sheba.i.e., The well of the oath, or the well of the seven: alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered "to swear" is derived from the word translated seven. 14; 26:23; Jos 15:28; Jud 20:1; 2Sa 17:11; 1Ki 4:25Genesis 21:33
grove. or, tree.Am 8:14The original word {eshel,} has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic {athl.} Beer-sheba.De 16:21; Jud 3:7called.4:26; 12:8; 26:23,25,33on the name.Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, "he called on the name," signifies "he invoked in the name." everlasting.De 33:27; Ps 90:2; Isa 40:28; 57:15; Jer 10:10; Ro 1:20; 16:261Ti 1:17Genesis 26:22-23
digged.The wells in Arabia are generally dug in the rock: their mouths are about six feet in diameter, and they are from nineteen to twenty feet in depth. But Niebuhr informs us, that many wells are from 160 to 170 feet deep. Rehoboth. i.e., Room. the Lord.Ps 4:1; 18:19; 118:5be fruitful.17:6; 28:3; 41:52; Ex 1:7 Beer-sheba.21:31; 46:1; Jud 20:1Genesis 28:10
11:31; 32:10; Ho 12:12; Ac 7:2; 25:131 Samuel 3:20
Dan.Jud 20:1; 2Sa 3:10; 17:11established. or, faithful.1Ti 1:12
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