מה כתיב למעלה מן הענין, ויצחק בא מבוא באר לחי רואי (בראשית כד סב), ואח"כ ויוסף אברהם ויקח אשה, אלא בשעה שנטל יצחק לרבקה אמר יצחק נלך ונביא לאבי אשה, היא הגר היא קטורה, דברי רבי, ורבותינו אומרים אשה אחרת נטל, מה טעמו של רבי, היא הגר היא קטורה, שכתיב ויצחק בא מבוא באר לחי רואי, אותה שכתיב בה על כן קרא לבאר באר לחי רואי (שם טז יד).
What is written before this passage (Gen. 25:1)? (Gen. 24:62:) NOW ISAAC HAD COME BY WAY OF BEER-LAHAI-ROI.36See Tanh., Gen. 5:8; cf. Gen. R. 60:14; 61:4. And afterwards < it is written > (in Gen. 25:1): THEN ABRAHAM TOOK A WIFE AGAIN.37This translation of the verse, which is somewhat more literal than the usual English renderings, suggests how Rabbi could interpret it to mean that Abraham had remarried Hagar. It is simply that when Isaac took Rebekah, Isaac said: Let us go and bring a wife to my father. Hagar and Keturah are the same person < according to > the words of Rabbi, but our masters say he took another wife. What is the logic of Rabbi? Hagar and Keturah are the same person because it is written (in Gen. 24:62): NOW ISAAC HAD COME BY WAY OF BEER-LAHAI-ROI. < Here is a reference to > the same woman about whom it is written (in Gen. 16:14): THEREFORE THE WELL WAS CALLED BEER-LAHAI-ROI.38The context suggests that Beer-lahai-roi might have been where Hagar had settled.
מה כתיב למעלה מן הענין, ויצחק בא מבוא באר לחי רואי (בראשית כד סב), ואח"כ ויוסף אברהם ויקח אשה, אלא בשעה שנטל יצחק לרבקה אמר יצחק נלך ונביא לאבי אשה, היא הגר היא קטורה, דברי רבי, ורבותינו אומרים אשה אחרת נטל, מה טעמו של רבי, היא הגר היא קטורה, שכתיב ויצחק בא מבוא באר לחי רואי, אותה שכתיב בה על כן קרא לבאר באר לחי רואי (שם טז יד).
What is written before this passage (Gen. 25:1)? (Gen. 24:62:) NOW ISAAC HAD COME BY WAY OF BEER-LAHAI-ROI.36See Tanh., Gen. 5:8; cf. Gen. R. 60:14; 61:4. And afterwards < it is written > (in Gen. 25:1): THEN ABRAHAM TOOK A WIFE AGAIN.37This translation of the verse, which is somewhat more literal than the usual English renderings, suggests how Rabbi could interpret it to mean that Abraham had remarried Hagar. It is simply that when Isaac took Rebekah, Isaac said: Let us go and bring a wife to my father. Hagar and Keturah are the same person < according to > the words of Rabbi, but our masters say he took another wife. What is the logic of Rabbi? Hagar and Keturah are the same person because it is written (in Gen. 24:62): NOW ISAAC HAD COME BY WAY OF BEER-LAHAI-ROI. < Here is a reference to > the same woman about whom it is written (in Gen. 16:14): THEREFORE THE WELL WAS CALLED BEER-LAHAI-ROI.38The context suggests that Beer-lahai-roi might have been where Hagar had settled.