Then the angel of Adonai found her by the spring of water in the wilderness, next to the spring on the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:13 - Tree of Life Version So she called Adonai who was speaking to her, “You are the God who sees me.” For she said, “Would I have gone here indeed looking for Him who looks after me?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou, the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me. |
Then the angel of Adonai found her by the spring of water in the wilderness, next to the spring on the way to Shur.
Abraham named that place, Adonai Yireh,—as it is said today, “On the mountain, Adonai will provide.”
So he was afraid and said, “How fearsome this place is! This is none other than the House of God—this must be the gate of heaven!”
Had I not had the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, you would have sent me away empty-handed now. But God saw my misery and the toil of my hands and last night He became the Judge.”
Then Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me Your name.” But He said, “What’s this—you are asking My name?” Then He blessed him there.
So Jacob named the place Peniel, “for I’ve seen God face to face, and my life has been spared.”
Yet He did not raise His hand against the nobles of Bnei-Yisrael. So they beheld God, and ate and drank.
The eyes of Adonai are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of Adonai, and He observes all his paths.
So Gideon built an altar there to Adonai and called it “Adonai-shalom.” To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.