Genesis 16:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ And she called the Name of יהוה who spoke to her, “You are the Ěl who sees,” for she said, “Even here have I seen after Him who sees me?”

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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

And Ya‛aqoḇ called the name of the place Peni’ĕl, “For I have seen Elohim face to face, and my life is preserved.”

Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of man Are before the eyes of יהוה, And He considers all his paths.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of יהוה are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

Genesis 31:42

“Unless the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Aḇraham and the Fear of Yitsḥaq, had been with me, you would now have sent me away empty-handed. Elohim has seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rendered judgment last night.”

Genesis 16:7

And the Messenger of יהוה found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur,

Genesis 22:14

And Aḇraham called the name of the place, ‘יהוה Yireh,’ as it is said to this day, “On the mountain יהוה provides.”

Genesis 28:17

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

Judges 6:24

And Giḏ‛on built a slaughter-place there to יהוה, and called it: יהוה Shalom. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Aḇi‛ezerites.

Exodus 24:11

Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the chiefs of the children of Yisra’ĕl! And they saw Elohim, and they ate and drank.

Genesis 32:31

And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penu’ĕl, and he limped on his hip.