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12 He will be a wild mule of a man;
        he will fight everyone, and they will fight him.
        He will live at odds with all his relatives.”[a]

13 Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are El Roi”[b] because she said, “Can I still see after he saw me?”[c] 14 Therefore, that well is called Beer-lahai-roi;[d] it’s the well between Kadesh and Bered.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:12 Or He will reside near all his relatives.
  2. Genesis 16:13 Or God who sees or God whom I’ve seen
  3. Genesis 16:13 Heb uncertain; or Have I really seen God and survived?
  4. Genesis 16:14 Or the Well of the Living One who sees me or whom I’ve seen

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