Gen 24:62 | NET2full | STEP | Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi , for he was living in the Negev .

‏ Genesis 24:62

62 Now ^{▼▼tn The disjunctive clause switches the audience’s attention to Isaac and signals a new episode in the story.} Isaac came from ^{▼▼tn Heb “from the way of.”} Beer Lahai Roi, ^{▼▼sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, beʾer lakhay roʾi) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” See Gen 16:14.} for ^{▼▼tn This disjunctive clause is explanatory.} he was living in the Negev. ^{▼▼tn Or “the South [country].”} ^{▼▼sn Negev is the name for the southern desert region in the land of Canaan.}