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13 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?'

14 therefore hath one called the well, `The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael;

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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.