Genesis 16:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ So she named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are El-roi,” for she said, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]? Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?

Common English Bible

¹³ Hagar named the LORD who spoke to her, “You are El Roi” because she said, “Can I still see after he saw me?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then she called upon the name of the Lord who had spoken to her: "You are the God who has seen me." For she said, "Certainly, here I have seen the back of the one who sees me."

Genesis 16:13 Cross References

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”

Proverbs 5:21

For human ways are under the eyes of the Lord, and he examines all their paths.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.”

Genesis 16:7

The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide,” as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

Genesis 28:17

And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

Judges 6:24

Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, “The Lord is peace.” To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

Exodus 24:11

God did not lay his hand on the chief men of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.

Genesis 32:31

The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.