Genesis 24:62

62 Now Isaac had come from the region of Beer-lahai-roi and had settled in the arid southern plain.

Genesis 24:62 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:62

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi
The well at which the angel met with Hagar, when she fled from her mistress, ( Genesis 16:7 Genesis 16:14 ) . The Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say, that Isaac came from the school of Shem the great: for he dwelt in the south country:
at Beersheba, to which Abraham, it seems, was returned again; for that they dwelt together as yet, is clear from his mother Sarah's tent, into which he introduced Rebekah, ( Genesis 24:67 ) ; see ( Genesis 22:19 ) .

Genesis 24:62 In-Context

60 And they blessed Rebekah, saying to her, "May you, our sister, become thousands of ten thousand; may your children possess their enemies' cities."

61 Rebekah and her young women got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

62 Now Isaac had come from the region of Beer-lahai-roi and had settled in the arid southern plain.

63 One evening, Isaac went out to inspect the pasture, and while staring he saw camels approaching.

64 Rebekah stared at Isaac. She got down from the camel

Footnotes

• [a] Heb uncertain; LXX through the desert of