KJV King James Version
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?
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Genesis 16:13
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
WEB World English Bible
She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”
ASV American Standard Version
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?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, ‘Thou art, O God, my beholder;’ for she said, ‘Even here have I looked behind my beholder?’
Surrounding context — Genesis 16
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
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?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשֵׁם־H8034 · shemnameיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהַדֹּבֵ֣רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֵלֶ֔יהָH413 · elto(wards)אַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אֵ֣לH410 · elGodרֳאִ֑יH7210 · ro.isightכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאָֽמְרָ֗הH559 · a.marto sayהֲגַ֥םH1571 · gamalsoהֲלֹ֛םH1988 · ha.lomhereרָאִ֖יתִיH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאַחֲרֵ֥יH310 · a.charafterרֹאִֽי׃H7200 · ra.ahto see: see
Cross-references
Psalm 139:1-12To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.Genesis 16:7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.Genesis 31:42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.Exodus 34:5-7And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.Genesis 28:17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.Exodus 33:18-23And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.Genesis 16:9-10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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