Discovery BoxGenesis 16:14 
Context16:14 That is why the well was called 1 Beer Lahai Roi. 2 (It is located 3 between Kadesh and Bered.)
Genesis 21:31
Context21:31 That is why he named that place 4 Beer Sheba, 5 because the two of them swore 6 an oath there.
Genesis 26:27
Context26:27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me? You hate me 7 and sent me away from you.”
Genesis 26:33
Context26:33 So he named it Shibah; 8 that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba 9 to this day.
Genesis 31:48
Context31:48 Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement 10 today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
Genesis 42:1
Context42:1 When Jacob heard 11 there was grain in Egypt, he 12 said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?” 13
Genesis 43:6
Context43:6 Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble 14 on me by telling 15 the man you had one more brother?”
1 tn The verb does not have an expressed subject and so is rendered as passive in the translation.
2 sn The Hebrew name Beer Lahai Roi (בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי, bÿ’er lakhay ro’i) means “The well of the Living One who sees me.” The text suggests that God takes up the cause of those who are oppressed.
3 tn Heb “look.” The words “it is located” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “that is why he called that place.” Some translations render this as an impersonal passive, “that is why that place was called.”
5 sn The name Beer Sheba (בְּאֵר שָׁבַע, bÿ’er shava’) means “well of the oath” or “well of the seven.” Both the verb “to swear” and the number “seven” have been used throughout the account. Now they are drawn in as part of the explanation of the significance of the name.
6 sn The verb forms a wordplay with the name Beer Sheba.
7 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, expressing the reason for his question.
8 sn The name Shibah (שִׁבְעָה, shiv’ah) means (or at least sounds like) the word meaning “oath.” The name was a reminder of the oath sworn by Isaac and the Philistines to solidify their treaty.
9 sn The name Beer Sheba (בְּאֵר שָׁבַע, bÿ’er shava’) means “well of an oath” or “well of seven.” According to Gen 21:31 Abraham gave Beer Sheba its name when he made a treaty with the Philistines. Because of the parallels between this earlier story and the account in 26:26-33, some scholars see chaps. 21 and 26 as two versions (or doublets) of one original story. However, if one takes the text as it stands, it appears that Isaac made a later treaty agreement with the people of the land that was similar to his father’s. Abraham dug a well at the site and named the place Beer Sheba; Isaac dug another well there and named the well Shibah. Later generations then associated the name Beer Sheba with Isaac, even though Abraham gave the place its name at an earlier time.
10 tn Heb “a witness between me and you.”
11 tn Heb “saw.”
12 tn Heb “Jacob.” Here the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
13 sn Why are you looking at each other? The point of Jacob’s question is that his sons should be going to get grain rather than sitting around doing nothing. Jacob, as the patriarch, still makes the decisions for the whole clan.
14 tn The verb may even have a moral connotation here, “Why did you do evil to me?”
15 tn The infinitive construct here explains how they brought trouble on Jacob.
