From then on Hagar called the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” because she said, “Here I saw the one who sees me.”
The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert—the spring on the road to Shur.
Abraham called the place “The Lord will Provide.” That's still a saying people use today: “the Lord will provide on his mountain.”
He became frightened and said, “This is a scary place! It must be the house of God and the entrance to heaven.”
If it weren't for the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the awesome God of Isaac, who took care of me, you would have dismissed me with nothing. But God saw my suffering, how hard I worked, and he condemned you last night.”
Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “I saw God face to face and I'm still alive!”
The sun came up as Jacob left Peniel, limping along because of his damaged hip.
But God did not harm the leaders of Israel—they saw him, and they ate and drank a sacred meal.
The Lord sees everywhere, watching the evil and the good.
For the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.
So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it “The Lord is Peace.” It's still there today, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.