Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
14. Wherefore the well was called “Idcirco vocavit puteum, Puteum viventis videntis me.” “Therefore she called the well, The well of him who liveth and seeth me.” I subscribe to the opinion of those who take the word יקרא ( yekra ,) indefinitely, which is usual enough in the Hebrew language.
We may suppose that the angel having given Hagar that good counsel (Gen 16:9) to return to her mistress she immediately promised to do so, and was setting her face homeward; and then the angel went on to encourage her with an assurance of the mercy God had in store for her and her seed: for God will meet those with mercy that are returning to their duty.
Commenting on Genesis 16:10-14
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi,.... That is, the fountain where the angel found her, Gen 16:7; this, from the appearance of God to her at it, was afterwards called by her and others by this name, which signifies "the well of him that liveth and seeth me"; that is, of the living and all seeing God, and who had taken a special care of...