death (natural or violent) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.Ham
H85
Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.Him
H430
gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
blessed
וַיְבָ֥רֶךְvay.Va.rekh
H1288
to kneel · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
son
בְּנ֑וֹbe.No
H1121
a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Isaac
יִצְחָ֣קyitz.Chak
H3327
Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name
Isaac
יִצְחָ֔קyitz.Chak
H3327
Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name
dwelt
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shev
H3427
properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
by
עִם'im-
H5973
adverb or preposition · preposition
Lahai-roi
בְּאֵ֥רbe.'Er
H883
Beer-Lachai-Roi · proper noun, a place name
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Genesis 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon th…
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for…
Genesis 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abra…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:11-18
Immediately after the account of Abraham's death, Moses begins the story of Isaac (Gen 25:11), and tells us where he dwelt and how remarkably God blessed him. Note, The blessing of Abraham did not die with him, but survived to all the children of the promise. But he presently digresses from the story of Isaac, to give a short account of Ishmael, forasmuch as he also was a son of Abraham, and God had made some promises concerning him, which it was requisite we should know the accomplishment of. Observe here what is said, 1. Concerning his children. He had twelve sons, twelve princes they are called (Gen 25:16), heads of families, which in process of time became nations, distinct tribes, numer…
his sons . . . buried him--Death often puts an end to strife, reconciles those who have been alienated, and brings rival relations, as in this instance, to mingle tears over a father's grave.
Adam Clarke on Genesis 25:11
God blessed his son Isaac - The peculiar blessings and influences by which Abraham had been distinguished now rested upon Isaac; but how little do we hear in him of the work of faith, the patience of hope, and the labor of love! Only one Abraham and one Christ ever appeared among men; there have been some successful imitators, there should have been many.
John Gill on Genesis 25:11
And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac,.... Yet more and more, both with spiritual and temporal blessings; showing hereby, that, though Abraham was dead, he was not unmindful of his covenant, which should be established with Isaac, Genesis 17:19,
and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi; which was near the wilderness of Beersheba and Paran, where Ishmael dwelt; so that they were not far from one another, see Genesis 16:14.
John Calvin on Genesis 25:9-11
The Church Fathers
"And it came to pass," it says, "after Abraham died, the Lord blessed Isaac his son, and he dwelt at the well of vision." Concerning the death of Abraham, what more must we say than what the word of the Lord in the gospels contains, saying: "But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read how he says in the bush: The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? Now God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all those live." Let us too, therefore, choose a death of this kind, as the Apostle also says, that "we may die to sin, but live to God." For such is the death of Abraham to be understood, which so widened his bosom that all the saints who come from the four quarters of the earth are "carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom." But let us now see how, after his death, "the Lord blessed Isaac his son," and what that blessing is. "The Lord blessed Isaac," it says, "and he dwelt at the well of vision." This is the whole blessing with which the Lord blessed Isaac, that he should dwell "at the well of vision." To those who understand, this is a great blessing. Would that the Lord might grant this blessing to me too, that I might deserve to dwell "at the well of vision." Who can know and understand what is the vision "which Isaiah the son of Amos saw"? Who can know what is the vision of Nahum? Who can understand what that vision contains which Jacob saw in Bethel, when he was going into Mesopotamia, where he said: "This is the house of God and the gate of heaven"? And if anyone is able to know and understand each and every vision, whether those that are in the law or those that are in the prophets, he dwells "at the well of vision." But consider this too more carefully, that Isaac deserved to receive so great a blessing from the Lord, that he should dwell "at the well of vision"; but we — when shall we be able to deserve enough, if perchance we might be able to have a passage through "the well of vision"? He deserved to remain and to dwell in vision, while we, but a little illuminated through the mercy of God, can scarcely perceive or surmise anything about any single vision. If nevertheless I am able to perceive some one understanding concerning the visions of God, I shall seem to have made one day "at the well of vision." But if I am able to attain something not only according to the letter but also according to the…
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Beer-Lahai-Roi · Al — Al
Isaac · .Lives in the — .Lives in the
Lahai-Roi · General references — General references
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him. Hence it appears, that although Ishmael had long ago been dismissed, he was not utterly alienated from his father, because he performed the office of a son in celebrating the obsequies of his deceased parent. Ishmael, rather than the other sons did this, as being nearer.
Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 25:11
After Abraham's death the blessing was transferred to Isaac, who took up his abode by Hagar's well, because he had already been there, and had dwelt in the south country (Gen 24:62). The blessing of Isaac is traced to Elohim, not to Jehovah; because it referred neither exclusively nor pre-eminently to the gifts of grace connected with the promises of salvation, but quite generally to the inheritance of earthly possessions, which Isaac had received from his father.
Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 25:11
God’s blessing transferred to Isaac; Abraham’s other sons had been sent away. Isaac lived near Beer-lahai-roi—a special place where God had answered prayer (16:14) and where Isaac waited on the Lord (24:62).
Rashi on Genesis 25:1
קטורה KETURAH — This is Hagar. She was named Keturah because her deeds were as beautiful (sweet) as incense (Ketoreth) (Genesis Rabbah 61). And since she closed her 'opening,' as she did not mate with anyone from the time she separated from Avraham (Genesis Rabbah 61:4).
