13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,”[a] for she said, (A)“Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”[b] 14 Therefore the well was called (B)Beer-lahai-roi;[c] it lies between (C)Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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  1. Genesis 16:13 Or You are a God who sees me
  2. Genesis 16:13 Hebrew Have I really seen him here who sees me? or Would I have looked here for the one who sees me?
  3. Genesis 16:14 Beer-lahai-roi means the well of the Living One who sees me

13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,(A)” for she said, “I have now seen[a] the One who sees me.”(B) 14 That is why the well(C) was called Beer Lahai Roi[b];(D) it is still there, between Kadesh(E) and Bered.

15 So Hagar(F) bore Abram a son,(G) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(H) to the son she had borne.

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  1. Genesis 16:13 Or seen the back of
  2. Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.