Genesis 16:13-15
EasyEnglish Bible
13 When Hagar heard what the angel said, she said to herself, ‘I have seen the God who sees me!’ So she called the Lord ‘The God who sees me.’ 14 That is why they called the well in that place ‘Beer Lahai Roi’.[a] The well is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 After some time Hagar gave birth to a son. Abram was his father. Abram gave his son the name ‘Ishmael’.
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- 16:14 ‘Beer Lahai Roi’ means ‘Well of the living One who sees me’.
Genesis 16:13-15
English Standard Version
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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- Genesis 16:13 Or You are a God who sees me
- 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?
- Genesis 16:14 Beer-lahai-roi means the well of the Living One who sees me
Genesis 16:13-15
King James Version
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.
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